Definition for RI'OT-OUS

RI'OT-OUS, a. [L. riottoso.]

  1. Luxurious; wanton or licentious in festive indulgences; as, riotous eaters of flesh. – Prov. xxiii.
  2. Consisting of riot; tumultuous; partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly; seditious.
  3. Guilty of riot; applied to persons.

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