BOISTEROUS

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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.
a.

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

4.
a.

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

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