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Words formed in error

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roister

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ROY-stuhr)

MEANING:

verb intr.:
1. To revel noisily and boisterously.
2. To behave in a swaggering manner.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the verb use of the noun roister, via French from Latin rusticus (rustic). Earliest documented use: 1663.

NOTES:

Roister began life as a noun meaning someone who revels noisily. English speakers later mistook it for a verb and obligingly created the noun roisterer. We will update you as soon as roisterer becomes a verb, producing the inevitable noun roistererer. Also see roister-doister.

USAGE:

“They drank and they roistered and laughed.”
Matthew Engel; The Irreverent Reverend; New Statesman (London, UK); Jun 25, 2021.

See more usage examples of roister in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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