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   rumbustious

   /rʌmˈbʌstʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. boisterous or unruly: informal British "rumbustious football fans"

   Word Origin late 18th century: probably an alteration of archaic robustious ‘boisterous, robust’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rumbustiously adverb
   • 2. rumbustiousness noun

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   What is rumbustious adjective?

   • full of energy in a cheerful and noisy way synonym boisterous Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Definition of rumbustious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is a rumbustious person?

   • A rumbustious person is energetic in a cheerful, noisy way. ...the flamboyant and somewhat rumbustious prime minister. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What does robustious mean?

   • Actors at that time were often robustious, periwig-pated fellows who sawed the air with their hands and tore a passion to tatters. Had not the Deacon ranked him in the robustious great company of Burns! Robustious definition: rough, rude, or boisterous.. See examples of ROBUSTIOUS used in a sentence.

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   What does rambunctious mean in English?

   • In easygoing American English, we might refer to a rambunctious child, but before rambunctious there was rumbustious. That playful adjective goes all the way back to the late 18th century and still occasionally gets hauled out for comic effect, though using rambunctious will get you fewer odd looks. "Rumbustious."

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   Rumbustious means noisy, energetic, and rough. Learn how to use this informal adjective in sentences and see translations in Chinese and Spanish.

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     RUMBUSTIOUS meaning: 1. noisy, energetic, and rough: 2....

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   Rumbustious is an adjective that means rambunctious, boisterous, or rowdy, especially in British English. Learn its synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. “beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings” synonyms: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, unruly. disorderly. undisciplined and unruly. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Rumbustious."

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   (rʌmbʌstʃəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A rumbustious person is energetic in a cheerful, noisy way. [British] ...the flamboyant and somewhat rumbustious prime minister. regional note: in AM, use rambunctious. Synonyms: unruly, wild, rough, disorderly More Synonyms of rumbustious. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Define rumbustious. rumbustious synonyms, rumbustious pronunciation, rumbustious translation, English dictionary definition of rumbustious. adj. Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: a rumbustious child, a rumbustious street market; a rumbustious political campaign. rum·bus′tious·ly adv....