- rip-roarious
- \(ˈ)ri|prōrēəs, -prȯr-\ adjective
Etymology: rip (II) + -roarious (as in uproarious)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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rip-roaring — /rip rawr ing, rohr /, adj. Informal. boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip roaring good time. [1825 35, Amer.; RIP1 + ROARING, alter. of rip roarious, modeled on uproarious] * * * … Universalium
riproaring — 1834, altered from riproarious (1830), from RIP (Cf. rip) (v.) tear apart + (up)roarious (1819); see UPROAR (Cf. uproar) … Etymology dictionary
