rantingly

Variant of rant

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to talk or say in a loud, wild, extravagant way; declaim violently; rave

Origin: < obs. Du ranten, to rave, akin to Ger ranzen, to be noisy, anranzen, to affront

noun

  1. ranting speech
  2. Scot., North Eng. a boisterous merrymaking

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