Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roister-doister

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rois-ter--dois-ter
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A swaggering buffoon; a foolish braggart.

Archaic; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"A very artificiall beginning, to moove attention or to procure good-liking in the reader, unlesse he wrote onely to roister-doisters, and hacksters, or at least to jesters, and vices."

Etymology

After Ralph Roister Doister, a 16th-century comic play by Nicholas Udall. See roister (“to engage in riotous behaviour”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

roister-doisters (plural)

Questions

What does roister-doister mean?: A swaggering buffoon; a foolish braggart.
Where does roister-doister come from?: After Ralph Roister Doister, a 16th-century comic play by Nicholas Udall. See roister (“to engage in riotous behaviour”).

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