rambunctious

[ ram-buhngk-shuhs ]
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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 of rambunctious

1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; origin uncertain

Other words from rambunctious

  • ram·bunc·tious·ly, adverb
  • ram·bunc·tious·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for rambunctious

rambunctious

/ (ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs) /


adjective
  1. informal boisterous; unruly

Origin of rambunctious

1
C19: probably from Icelandic ram- (intensifying prefix) + -bunctious, from bumptious

Derived forms of rambunctious

  • rambunctiously, adverb
  • rambunctiousness, noun

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