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Definition of Riotise
1. n. Excess; tumult; revelry.
Definition of Riotise
1. Noun. (archaic) Wild excess; revelry, riotousness. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riotise
1. riot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riotise
Literary usage of Riotise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1906)
"... Lewd Losse of Time, and Sorrow seeming dead, Inconstant Chaunge, and false
Disloyalty, Consuming riotise, and guilty Dread Of heavenly vengeance; ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"... For contemplation sake: yet otherwise His life he led in lawless riotise."
There is something in the grace of the language which sweetens the ..."
3. New Voices: An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry by Marguerite Ogden Bigelow Wilkinson (1919)
"All the outer world could see Graved and sawn amazingly Their love's delighted
riotise, Fixt in marble for all men's eyes; But only these twain could abide ..."
4. New Voices: An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry by Marguerite Ogden Bigelow Wilkinson (1922)
"All the outer world could see Graved and sawn amazingly Their love's delighted
riotise, Fixt in marble for all men's eyes; But only these twain could abide ..."
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