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adjective
1.
difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
2.
turbulently active and noisy: a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; origin uncertain
1820–30, Americanism; origin uncertain
Related forms
ram·bunc·tious·ly, adverb
ram·bunc·tious·ness, noun
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Rambunctious
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
rambunctious
1830, probably altered (by influence of ram) from rumbustious (1778), itself an arbitrary formation perhaps suggested by rum and boisterous, robustious, bumptious, etc.
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