Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rude; rough; churlish; rustic; coarse: applied to persons.
- Rough; fierce; savage.
- Rough and massive; bulky; clumsy.
- Coarse in texture; rough; stout; thick.
- Loud; violent; boisterous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
coarse ;strong ;violent ;boisterous ;noisy
Etymologies
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Examples
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I shall beware of that boistous body that thou bearest.
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Merlin, that speakest of such marvels, thou art a boistous man and an unlikely to tell of such deeds.
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AND when Sir Percivale came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boistous, he doubted to overpass it.
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And when Sir Percivale came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boistous, he doubted to overpass it.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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AND when Sir Percivale came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boistous, he doubted to overpass it.
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Thou art a marvellous man, said King Mark unto Merlin, that speakest of such marvels, thou art a boistous man and an unlikely to tell of such deeds.
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By strong hand he shall let you go, and in a boistous he shall cast you from his land.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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Etymology: Middle English boistous crude, clumsy, from Anglo-French
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Etymology: Middle English boistous crude, clumsy, from Anglo-French
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AND when Sir Percivale came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boistous, he doubted to overpass it.
bilby commented on the word boistous
"And when Sir Percivale came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boistous, he doubted to overpass it."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 10, 2009
qms commented on the word boistous
I prithee, begone! Thou annoyeth us,
Profaning these sanctified cloisters.
A monk should be meek
And hark more than speak
But thou stealeth ale and are boistous.
December 2, 2018