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raucous

adj
/ˈɹɔːkəs/UK/ˈɹɔkəs/US/ˈɹɑkəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).

  1. borrowed from raucus

Definitions

  1. Harsh and rough-sounding.

    • At night, raucous ruckus took place in the swamp.

  2. Disorderly and boisterous.

    • Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.

  3. Loud and annoying.

    • The new neighbors had a raucous ruction in the small hours last night.

The neighborhood

Derived

raucity, raucously, raucousness, unraucous

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for raucous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA