roister means A roisterer. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
roister is pronounced /ˈɹɔɪstə/.
Why “roister” is a great word
ROISTER — [Verb] To engage in noisy, boisterous, and often drunken merrymaking or revelry. From Middle French rustre or ru(i)stre ("ruffian, boisterous person"), a variant of ruste ("rural"), from Latin rusticus ("rural, rustic"). First recorded in English use in the mid-16th century. Unlike "carouse," which makes heavy drinking the central act, or "revel," which can denote joyous celebration without inherent disruption, to roister is swagger made audible—a clamorous performance of disorder. It is the percussive slam of a tankard, the off-key bellowing of a song down a moonlit lane, the exaggerated stagger of a man perhaps less drunk than he wishes to appear: a temporary, communal defiance of silence, whose emptiness echoes after the last shout fades.
noun
- A roisterer.“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.”
- A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.“The servants went out on the roister after getting paid.”
verb
- To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.“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.'”
- To walk with a swaying motion.