roister
To engage in boisterous merrymaking; revel noisily. To behave in a blustering manner; swagger.
To engage in boisterous merrymaking; revel noisily. To behave in a blustering manner; swagger.
A woman who assists another woman during labor and provides support to her, the infant, and the family after childbirth.
Proper or sound condition. Mental or emotional state; spirits.
Very cautious; wary.
Easily bent; supple.
A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.
A ruffle or flounce on a garment. A piece of showy ornamentation.
To pamper. A pet, especially a pet lamb.
Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; slippery.
Superfluity; excess.
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies.
To scatter (a liquid) in drops or small splashes. To spot, splash, or soil. To sully the reputation of; defame.
Belonging to or having the characteristics of both the male and the female.
To direct or impose with authority and emphasis. To prohibit or forbid.
One who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch.
Holding or expressing broad or tolerant views, especially in religious matters.
Sullenly ill-humored; gruff. Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous.
To bring together; meld or fuse.
Completely such; thoroughgoing: an arrant fool; the arrant luxury of the ocean liner.
A person who behaves in a childish, weak, or spoiled way.
A bully. To bully.
Perception; understanding.
Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal.
To adorn (oneself) in a showy manner. To primp.
Having a boundary in common; contiguous. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.
View with mistrust.
To leap about playfully; frolic.
Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.
To toil; slave.