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riotous

adj
/ˈɹaɪətəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English riotous, from Anglo-Norman riotous; equivalent to riot + -ous.

  1. derived from riotous
  2. inherited from riotous

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of a riot.

  2. Causing, inciting or taking part in a riot.

    • The prison administrators are always planting seeds of hate, division, separatism, and prison peer group racism in the various ethnic groups here, causing friction and riotous situations where one group is set against another.

  3. Unrestrained and boisterous

    Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.

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Derived

riotous living, riotously, riotousness, unriotous

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