Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Turbulence; riot; uproar.
- noun Luxury; dissoluteness; debauchery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Excess; tumult; revelry.
Etymologies
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From riot + -ise.
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Examples
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Covetise > Avarice (covetise = covetousness) 5 Through wasteful pride and wanton riotise, wasteful > causing ruin wanton riotise > wild extravagance, dissipation
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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5 His life he led in lawless riotise, riotise > indulgence, dissipation
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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