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Definition of roary in English:
roary
(also rorie, roarie, rory)
adjective
1That roars; loud, noisy, roaring.
2Scottish. Of clothing, etc.: bright, showy, ‘loud’.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Edmund Hickeringill (d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. From roar + -y. Compare slightly later rory-tory.
