English Explanatory Dictionary

roister-doister

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A swaggering buffoon; a foolish braggart.

Word forms

roister-doister roister-doisters

Etymology

After Ralph Roister Doister, a 16th-century comic play by Nicholas Udall. See roister (“to engage in riotous behaviour”).

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