Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Riot
riot, n. [OFr riote, debate, dispute, quarrel.]
- Battery by winds; experience in stormy weather.
- Rush; onslaught; extravagance; [fig.] gush; surge; total outpouring; full force of heat, light, and growth in summer.
- Tumult; chaos; uproar; brawl; upheaval; [fig.] rapid pulse; heart fluttering with emotion.
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