Category:Riotous

Ri"ot*ous, a. Etym: [of. rioteux.]

1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son. . . took his journey into a far country, and there Wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.

2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; Seditious. -- ri"ot*ous*ly, adv. -- ri"ot*ous*ness, n.