roister
/ˈɹɔɪstɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'"
- "He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails."
- "He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun."
- "The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen[…]"
- "The servants went out on the roister after getting paid."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹɔɪstə/