# roister-doister

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A swaggering buffoon; a foolish braggart.

## Etymology
After Ralph Roister Doister, a 16th-century comic play by Nicholas Udall. See roister (“to engage in riotous behaviour”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roister-doister