riotous living

riotous living
n. sefahat, hovardalık

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  • Riotous — Ri ot*ous, a. [OF. rioteux.] 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [1913 Webster] The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • riotous — [rī′ət əs] adj. [ME < OFr rioteus] 1. a) having the nature of a riot b) engaging in rioting or inciting to riot 2. without restraint; disorderly; boisterous 3. dissolute; profligate [riotous living] …   English World dictionary

  • Living — Liv ing, n. 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. Health and living. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. A vicious living. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Means …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • riotous — [[t]ra͟ɪ͟ətəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you say that someone has a riotous lifestyle, you mean that they frequently behave in a excessive and uncontrolled way, for example by eating or drinking too much. [FORMAL] ...aristocrats who wasted… …   English dictionary

  • riotous — riotously, adv. riotousness, n. /ruy euh teuhs/, adj. 1. (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace. 2. (of a person) inciting or taking part in a riot. 3. given to or marked by unrestrained revelry;… …   Universalium

  • riotous — ri•ot•ous [[t]ˈraɪ ə təs[/t]] adj. 1) (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace 2) (of a person) inciting or taking part in a riot 3) given to or marked by unrestrained revelry; loose; wanton: riotous… …   From formal English to slang

  • riotous — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, abounding, abundant, affluent, all sufficing, ample, aplenty, boisterous, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, brawling, breakaway, chaotic, copious, debauched, dense, diffuse, disordered, disorderly,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • riotous — adj 1. obstreperous, unruly, disorderly, out of order, out of hand, out of control, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable; wild, rowdy, brawly; turbulent, tumultuous; chaotic, anarchic, lawless, pandemoniac. 2. rebellious, insurgent,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Riotously — Riotous Ri ot*ous, a. [OF. rioteux.] 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [1913 Webster] The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Riotousness — Riotous Ri ot*ous, a. [OF. rioteux.] 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [1913 Webster] The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • goliard — goliardery /gohl yahr deuh ree/, n. goliardic, adj. /gohl yeuhrd/, n. (sometimes cap.) one of a class of wandering scholar poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin… …   Universalium

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