Meanings
- USuncountableThe characteristic or state of being rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
1 more example
I do not suffer any more from brain fag. If I feel symptoms of a return of mental vacuity, I take of the hypophosphites and the intellectual jejuneness is immediately suppressed. My only objection to it is, that it creates in me an inordinate, and unseemly rambunctiousness. For a three scorer, who is now little more than a parchmental reminiscence, this is unbefitting.
1896, C., “The Hypophosphites”, in The Medical Gleaner, volume VII, Cincinnati, Oh.: Sullivan Printing Works, pages 61–62Synonyms: rumbustiousness, rumbunctiousness, rambunction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe characteristic or state of being rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
Origin
Translations
Polish hałaśliwość, wrzaskliwość
- hałaśliwośćcharacteristics of being rambunctious
- wrzaskliwośćcharacteristics of being rambunctious
- żywiołowośćcharacteristics of being rambunctious
- niesfornośćcharacteristics of being rambunctious
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