rumbustious

(rum busc̸həs)

adjective

Chiefly Brit. rambunctious, boisterous, unruly, etc.

Origin: altered (? after rum) < robustious

See rumbustious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: “Common to both his illustrations and his independent paintings . . . and lurking below their rumbustious surface, is a sympathy for the vulnerability of the ordinary human being” (Christopher Andreae).

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of robustious (influenced by rambunctious)

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Related Forms:

  • rum·busˈtious·ly adverb
  • rum·busˈtious·ness noun

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