The Collaborative International Dictionary
Riotousness
Riotous \Ri"ot*ous\, a. [OF. rioteux.]
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Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
--Luke xv. 13. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious. [1913 Webster] -- Ri"ot*ous*ly, adv. -- Ri"ot*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
riotousness
n. The state or condition of being riotous.
Usage examples of "riotousness".
Not with the merry riotousness of Hockley-in-the-Hole on the eve of a Hanging-Day, but the snitty, bitchy sort practiced by men who were animated by the same base passions but who had too much to lose by giving them free rein.