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riot

noun
/ˈɹaɪ.ət/

Etymology

From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“to roar”). Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta.

  1. derived from rugio — “to roar”
  2. derived from riote
  3. inherited from riot

Definitions

  1. A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving…

    A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

    • The protests began peacefully but turned into riots after several days.

  2. A wide and unconstrained variety.

    • In summer this flower garden is a riot of colour.
    • The human world is contracting not only prospectively but to the backward-probing eye of culture-history. Nevertheless we are as yet far from able to reduce the riot of spoken languages to a small number of “stocks.”

  3. A humorous or entertaining event or person.

    • Check this out! We have to get this! I can't believe all this stuff! This is a total riot!
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.

      • For when his head-ſtrong Riot hath no Curbe,

    2. Excessive and expensive feasting

      Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

      • the lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day

    3. To create or take part in a riot

      To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.

      • The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.

    4. To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner

      To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.

      • Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
      • Think of the insults, wrongs, and contumelies, / Ye bear from your proud lords—that your hard toil / Manures their fertile fields—you plow the earth, / You sow the corn, you reap the ripen'd harvest,— / They riot on the produce!— […]

    5. To cause to riot

      To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.

    6. To annoy.

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Derived

antiriot, anti-riot, ariot, counterriot, laugh riot, postriot, preriot, race riot, read someone the riot act, riot act, riot booster, riot boosting, rioter, riot gear, riot girl, riot grrl, riot grrrl, riotise, riotist, riotless, riot mask, riot money, riotous, riot police, riotproof, riotry, riot shield, riot stairs, run riot, Swing riot, nonrioting, unrioted

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at riot. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at riot. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at riot

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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