riotous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RI'OTOUS, adjective 1. Luxurious; wanton or licentious in festive indulgences; as riotous eaters of flesh. Proverbs 23:20. 2. Consisting of riot; tumultuous; partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly; seditious. 3. Guilty of riot; applied to persons.
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