Roystered

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To revel or celebrate boisterously and unabashedly
2. To engage in noisy festivities or merrymaking, often in a carefree manner
3. To indulge in exuberant celebration characterized by loud laughter and enjoyment

Etymology: "Roystered" is the past tense of "royster," and the verb's own history is more tangled than its meaning suggests. "Royster" is generally traced to an alteration of "roister," a word that came into English from French "rustre" meaning "rustic" or "boor," so the idea of boisterous revelry carries a faint hint of country manners behind it. Over time the "-oy-" spelling appeared in a number of words, and "royster" settled into the sense of noisy, swaggering merrymaking that the verb carries today.