"riotous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɹaɪətəs/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English riotous, from Anglo-Norman riotous; equivalent to riot + -ous. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|riotous|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English riotous, {{inh+|en|enm|riotous}} Inherited from Middle English riotous, {{der|en|xno|riotous}} Anglo-Norman riotous, {{suffix|en|riot|ous}} riot + -ous Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} riotous
  1. Having the characteristics of a riot.
    Sense id: en-riotous-en-adj-tUbOJXk5
  2. Causing, inciting or taking part in a riot.
    Sense id: en-riotous-en-adj-UCXCcgOf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 65 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 24 67 8 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 47 3 8 1 3 24 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 46 4 8 1 3 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ous: 13 52 2 5 1 3 23
  3. Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
    Sense id: en-riotous-en-adj-dIHfTLXm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ragmatical Derived forms: riotous living

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˌriːutˈuːs/, /ˈriːutus/, /ˈriːətus/ Forms: riotouse [plural], riotouse [singular, weak]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman riotous; equivalent to rioten + -ous. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|xno|riotous|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Anglo-Norman riotous, {{bor+|enm|xno|riotous}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman riotous, {{af|enm|rioten|-ous}} rioten + -ous Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|riotouse||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} riotous (plural and weak singular riotouse), {{enm-adj|riotouse}} riotous (plural and weak singular riotouse)
  1. degenerate, dissolute, lax
    Sense id: en-riotous-enm-adj-BXtVr971
  2. riotous, rowdy, boisterous
    Sense id: en-riotous-enm-adj-EWwvwdjM
  3. (rare) violent, savage Tags: rare Categories (topical): Crime, Violence
    Sense id: en-riotous-enm-adj-jogFdOus Disambiguation of Crime: 22 11 65 3 Disambiguation of Violence: 30 13 44 13
  4. (rare) difficult, unmanageable Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-riotous-enm-adj-UKqNw0Ix
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ryetous, reyetous, riatous, riottes, ryoteux, ryotous, ryoutis [Late-Middle-English]

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.