roist

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔɪst/
Rhymes: -ɔɪst

Verb

roist (third-person singular simple present roists, present participle roisting, simple past and past participle roisted)

(intransitive, archaic) To roister.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  I have a roisting challenge sent amongst
  The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks
  Will strike amazement to their drowsy spirits.

References

“roist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Istro-, riots, rosti, rotis, rösti, tiros, torsi, trios

Estonian

Noun

roist

elative plural of roog

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