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• rowdy — ► ADJECTIVE (rowdier, rowdiest) ▪ noisy and disorderly. ► NOUN (pl. rowdies) ▪ a rowdy person. DERIVATIVES rowdily adverb rowdiness noun rowdyism noun …   English terms dictionary

• rowdy — I. adjective (rowdier; est) Etymology: perhaps irregular from 5row Date: 1819 coarse or boisterous in behavior ; rough; also characterized by such behavior < rowdy local bars > • rowdily adverb • rowdiness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rowdy — adjective (rowdier, rowdiest) noisy and disorderly. noun (plural rowdies) a rowdy person. Derivatives rowdily adverb rowdiness noun rowdyism noun Origin C19 (orig. US in the sense lawless bac …   English new terms dictionary

• rowdy — adj. & n. adj. (rowdier, rowdiest) noisy and disorderly. n. (pl. ies) a rowdy person. Derivatives: rowdily adv. rowdiness n. rowdyism n. Etymology: 19th c. US, orig. = lawless backwoodsman: orig. unkn …   Useful english dictionary

• Rowdy — Sm gewalttätige Person erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. rowdy, dessen weitere Herkunft nicht sicher geklärt ist. ✎ DF 3 (1977), 493f. englisch e …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

• rowdy — [adj] boisterous, noisy disorderly, lawless, loud, loudmouthed, loutish, mischievous, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, rebellious, rough, roughhouse, rude, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, wild; concept 401 Ant. calm, moderate, quiet,… …   New thesaurus

• rowdy — ☆ rowdy [rou′dē ] n. pl. rowdies [< ? ROW3] a person whose behavior is rough, quarrelsome, and disorderly; hoodlum adj. rowdier, rowdiest having the nature of or characteristic of a rowdy; rough, quarrelsome, etc. rowdily adv. rowdiness n.… …   English World dictionary

• rowdy — (n.) a rough, quarrelsome person, 1808, Amer.Eng., originally lawless backwoodsman, probably from ROW (Cf. row) (n.2). The adjective is first recorded 1819 …   Etymology dictionary

• rowdy — /ˈraʊdi / (say rowdee) adjective (rowdier, rowdiest) 1. noisy and disorderly: *It was a rowdy place, the Cross. –david malouf, 1990. 2. Obsolete (of cattle) hard to control: a rowdy mob. –noun (plural rowdies) 3. a rough, disorderly person.… …  

• rowdy — rowdily, adv. rowdiness, n. /row dee/, n., pl. rowdies, adj., rowdier, rowdiest. n. 1. a rough, disorderly person. adj. 2. rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school. [1810 20, Amer.; perh. irreg. from ROW3] …   Universalium

• rowdy — row•dy [[t]ˈraʊ di[/t]] adj. di•er, di•est, 1) rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior[/ex] 2) a rough, disorderly person • Etymology: 1810–20; perh. irreg. from row III row′di•ness, n. row′dy•ish, adj …   From formal English to slang