adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 (formal or law) noisy and/or violent, especially in a public place:
riotous behaviour / crowds / demonstrations * The organizers of the march were charged with assault and riotous assembly.
2 noisy, exciting and enjoyable in an uncontrolled way:
a riotous evening / party * riotous laughter
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for riotous is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does riotous appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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