riotise

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UK/ˈɹʌɪətʌɪz/

noun

Wild excess; revelry, riotousness.

First used 16th c.Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nounriotise (uncountable)

alternative riotize

  1. archaicuncountableWild excess; revelry, riotousness.First known use 16th c.

    Which stately manner whenas they did see, / The image of superfluous riotize, / Exceeding much the state of meane degree, / They greatly wondred whence so sumptuous guize / Might be maintayned […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

From riot + -ise.

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APA

riotise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riotise

MLA

“riotise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riotise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riotise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riotise.

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