rowdyism

English

Etymology

From rowdy +‎ -ism.

Noun

rowdyism (countable and uncountable, plural rowdyisms)

  1. The state of being rowdy.
    • 1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 49:
      Ayah stops to one side and I dive into the tangle of limbs yelling for all I’m worth, contributing my mite of rowdyism to the general row.
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