rumbustious
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adjective \ˌrəm-ˈbəs-chəs\Definition of RUMBUSTIOUS
chiefly British— rum·bus·tious·ly adverb, chiefly British
— rum·bus·tious·ness noun, chiefly British
See Examples of RUMBUSTIOUS
- <while American university debates tend to be sedate affairs, their counterparts in Oxford are wholeheartedly rumbustious>
Origin of RUMBUSTIOUS
alteration of robustious
First Known Use: 1778
Related to RUMBUSTIOUS
- Synonyms
- hell-raising, knockabout, rambunctious, raucous, robustious, roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, boisterous [chiefly British]
- Antonyms
- orderly
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