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| bois·ter·ous [ bóystərəss, bóysstrəss ] |
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1. noisy, energetic, and rowdy: full of noisy enthusiasm and energy, and often roughness or wildness
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2. turbulent: wild, rough, or stormy
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| [13th century. Alteration of boistous, via Old French boistos "clumsy, rough" < Latin buxus "made from box-tree wood"] |
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  bois·ter·ous·ly adverb |
| bois·ter·ous·ness noun |
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