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Definition of Rowdiness
1. Noun. Rowdy behavior.
Generic synonyms: Disorder
Derivative terms: Disorderly, Rough, Rough, Rowdy
Definition of Rowdiness
1. Noun. The state of being rowdy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rowdiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowdiness
Literary usage of Rowdiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1859)
"Where rowdiness is rife, there do the Sax-horns bray the loudest. Their effect
upon the musical sense, as well as on the moral, is to trample underfoot and ..."
2. Australia and New Zealand by Anthony Trollope (1873)
"majorities, popular instincts, and general rowdiness, is already in full force
at Ballaarat, ... The dishonesty, the folly, and the rowdiness are but the ..."
3. Australia and New Zealand by Anthony Trollope (1876)
"I myself believe in cities,—even though there should be place in them for dishonest
ambition, short-sighted policy, and rowdiness. The dishonesty, the folly ..."
4. Heretics by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1905)
"Let no man deceive himself; if by vulgarity we mean coarseness of speech, rowdiness
of behaviour, gossip, horseplay, and some heavy drinking ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"Religion in America, asserts Mr. Trollope, is characterized by a certain rowdiness.
Religion in England, declares Mr. Emerson, is torpid and slavish. ..."
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