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riot (n.)
dissipation, wasteful revelry, extravagance
Per I.iv.54[Cleon to Dionyza, of prosperous cities] their superfluous riots
Tim II.ii.3[Flavius alone, of Timon] so senseless of expense / That he will neither know how to maintain it, / Nor cease his flow of riot
Tim IV.i.28[Timon alone, of Athens' youth] That 'gainst the stream of virtue they may strive, / And drown themselves in riot
Tim IV.iii.257[Timon to Apemantus] thou wouldst have plunged thyself / In general riot
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