boistous

== English == === Alternative forms === boystous === Etymology === From Middle English boistous, from Anglo-Norman bustous (“rough”), perhaps from Old French boitous (“noisy”) (the source of French boiteux). === Adjective === boistous (comparative more boistous, superlative most boistous) (obsolete, Early Modern) Coarse, rude; noisy, violent; strong. ==== Related terms ==== boisterous boistously boistousness === Further reading === “boistous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.