rambunctious

ram·bunc·tious

 (răm-bŭngk′shəs)

adj.

Boisterous and disorderly.

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[Alteration of rumbustious.]

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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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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rambunctious - noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" boisterous, robustious, rumbustious, unruly disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

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Translations

turbolento

rambunctious

[ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs] ADJ (US) → bullicioso, pendenciero

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rambunctious

adj, rambunctiously

adv (esp US inf) (= exuberant and noisy) → laut, lärmend; (= boisterous) → übermütig, ausgelassen, wild

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