rambunctious
ram·bunc·tious
(răm-bŭngk′shəs)adj.
Boisterous and disorderly.
ram·bunc′tious·ly adv.
ram·bunc′tious·ness n.
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rambunctious
(ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs)adj
informal boisterous; unruly
[C19: probably from Icelandic ram- (intensifying prefix) + -bunctious, from bumptious]
ramˈbunctiously adv
ramˈbunctiousness n
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ram•bunc•tious
(ræmˈbʌŋk ʃəs)adj.
1. difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous.
2. turbulently active and noisy.
[1820–30, Amer.]
ram•bunc′tious•ly, adv.
ram•bunc′tious•ness, n.
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rambunctious
- Once rumbustious and robusteous, it is probably based on Latin robus, "oak"—implying strength—and can describe a person or animal.See also related terms for oak.
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rambunctious
adj, rambunctiously
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