row·dy (rou'dē)
n., pl., -dies.
A rough, disorderly person.

adj., -di·er, -di·est.
Disorderly; rough: rowdy teenagers; a rowdy beer party.

[Probably from ROW³.]

rowdily row'di·ly adv.
rowdiness row'di·ness n.
rowdyism row'dy·ism n.

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