| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| boisterous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bois·ter·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  boi st r-s, -strs |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Rough and stormy; violent. 2. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline. See synonyms at vociferous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English boistres, variant of boistous, rude, rough, perhaps from Old French boisteus, lame, limping, from boiste, knee joint. | | OTHER FORMS: | boister·ous·ly —ADVERB
boister·ous·ness —NOUN
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