rumbullion

rumbullion · noun¹

Uncertain. The forms rhum and rumbustion appear around the same time.

rumbullion · noun²

1. French · borrowed fromRambouillet
2. English todayrumbullion

From French Rambouillet, a town between Paris and Chartres in France. Doublet of Rambouillet.

rumbullion · noun³

Uncertain but probably related to rumbustious (“unruly”), itself likely a variant of robustious (“robust, large, noisy, violent”), from robust + -ious, q.v.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 1725 A kind of peach.
• 1786 A kind of gooseberry.