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Boistous

Boistous \Bois"tous\, a. Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. -- Bois"tous*ly, adv. -- Bois"tous*ness, n. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

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boistous

a. (context obsolete English) coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy

Usage examples of "boistous".

And if I be happy I shall beware of that boistous body that thou bearest.

Thou art a marvellous man, said King Mark unto Merlin, that speakest of such marvels, thou art a boistous man and an unlikely to tell of such deeds.