BOISTEROUS

boisterous, fierce, rough

(adjective) violently agitated and turbulent; “boisterous winds and waves”; “the fierce thunders roar me their music”- Ezra Pound; “rough weather”; “rough seas”

boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

(adjective) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; “a boisterous crowd”; “a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand”; “a robustious group of teenagers”; “beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings”; “an unruly class”

boisterous, knockabout

(adjective) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; “boisterous practical jokes”; “knockabout comedy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

boisterous (comparative more boisterous, superlative most boisterous)

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

Having or resembling animal exuberance.

Source: Wiktionary


Bois"ter*ous, a. Etym: [OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.]

1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. [Obs.] "Boisterous sword." "Boisterous hand." Shak.

2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. The waters swell before a boisterous storm. Shak. The brute and boisterous force of violent men. Milton.

3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. I like not that loud, boisterous man. Addison.

4. Vehement; excessive. [R.] The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them. Woodward.

Syn.

– Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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