roisterer
- noun
- /ˈrɔɪstərər/
- Archaic
:
juerga
Examples
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Is it possible to allow reasonable license, permitted Saturnalia, sanctified Carnival, in conditions which need not ruin either the health or the pockets of the roisterers and will shelter from irresistible temptation the unhappy class who, in America, are called addicts?
Academic text (1990) -
The party was lively, filled with laughter and music, and the roisterer danced joyfully all night.
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At the festival, a roisterer led the crowd in cheerful songs and exuberant celebrations.
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The roisterer shouted with glee as fireworks lit up the sky during the New Year's Eve celebration.
Synonyms
10
4.6
A person who loudly enjoys a party or festival
1
3.7
A person who likes going to parties and meeting people
1
5.3
A person who joins lively noisy celebrations
1
8.8
A person who loves going to loud wild parties
A person who behaves loudly and wildly at parties
A person who is lively and loud at social events
A person who plays loudly and energetically
A person who makes loud, joyful noise at celebrations to excite people
A person who joins wild, noisy parties and often gets drunk
A person who enjoys loud, lively drinking parties
A person who joins in loud, friendly singing and drinking during a traditional celebration
A person who celebrates wildly while drunk
A person who takes part in a special event to show joy
Antonyms
How Rowdy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roisterer comes from the old verb roister, which meant to make loud, rough fun. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone who 'roars' with laughter and is like the word boisterous, so a roisterer is a noisy, cheerful person who celebrates in a wild, unruly way.