▪ I. † ˈroyet, n. Obs.
Also 6 royat, 7 roiot.
[App. an irreg. var. of riot, but cf. also OF. ruit noise.]
Riot, extravagance, dissipation.
| 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 85 b, To the intent that their youth should keepe good rule and not go at royat. 1587 Golding De Mornay xv. (1592) 238 Now and then they passe their boundes, suffering their wits to runne royet. 1600 Holland Livy xxxvi. xi. 925 The like roiot and loosenesse of life tooke hold of the rest of the Kings captaines. |
▪ II. royet, a. Sc.
(ˈrɔɪət)
Also 8–9 royit, 9 royat, roy't, royt.
[Cf. prec. and riot a.]
† 1. Extravagant, nonsensical. Obs.—1
| 1553 Douglas' æneis viii. Prol. 147 To rede I begane The royetest ane ragment with mony ratt rime. |
2. Riotous, wild; esp. of children.
The synonymous roid, royd, may be a variant of this, but cf. also roid a.
| 1737 Ramsay Prov. (1750) 83 Royet lads may make sober men. a 1773 Fergusson Elegy J. Hogg xvi. Poems (1789) ii. 84 Ye royit louns! just do as he'd do. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 55 Wi' spraichs o' bairns, a royat pack, Loupin' and shoutin' at his back. 1865 G. Macdonald A. Forbes 12 Believing that at last the awful something or other had happened to the royt lassie. |
▪ III. ˈroyet, v. Obs. exc. Sc.
Also 6 royot, 9 royat, etc.
[Cf. prec. and riot v.]
intr. To riot, be riotous, live riotously.
| 1591 Lodge Catharos (Hunterian Cl.) 20 Alcibiades may royot, Timon may curse, Diogenes may bite. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 414. 1866 Gregor Dial. Banff. |