Ri″ot‐ous (?), a. [OF. rioteux.] 1. 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.
2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.
— Ri″ot‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ri″ot‐ous‐ness, n.