rambunctious
Use Rambunctious in a sentence
ʃəs 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 (ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| informal boisterous; unruly | |
| [C19: probably from Icelandic ram- (intensifying prefix) + -bunctious, from | |
| ram'bunctiously | |
| —adv | |
| ram'bunctiousness | |
| —n | |
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Rambunctious
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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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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Example sentences
Everyone wants to remain in a happy and rambunctious pack yet has their own idea of where to go.
Steamboats carried more of the cargo, and cities and towns were replacing the more rambunctious trading posts.
Despite the plain vanilla exterior, a rambunctious creativity permeates the place.
Behavior that concerns some dog owners may simply be a rambunctious play style.
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