ramage
/ˈɹæmɪd͡ʒ/
ramage adjective: of a person or thing: wild; untamed.
Adjective
ramage
Noun
ramage (plural ramages)
- wildness, spirit, courage, ferocity
- A cognatic descent group.
- Ramages as such do not enter into alliances, either marital or political. They do, however, provide a basis for the allocation of political authority[…]1993, Geoffroy Benjamin, “Temiar”, in Paul Hockings, editor, Encyclopedia of World Cultures, volumes V: East and Southeast Asia, New York: G.K. Hall & Co., pages 265–273
- Boughs or branches.
- That beneficent stem[…]
From leaf and ramage sheddeth cool bright showers.1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic
- That beneficent stem[…]
- The warbling of birds in trees.
- And birds on thee their ramage did bestow1616, William Drummond of Hawthornden, “Sonnet”, in Poems: Amorous, Funerall, Divine, Pastorall: in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains
Proper noun capitalized: Ramage
Ramage (plural Ramages)
- A surname.
Forms of ramage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ramages |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ramages |
Origin of ramage
Borrowed from French ramage, from Middle French and Old French ramage, from ram (“branch”) + -age. by surface analysis, rame + -age.
Questions about ramage
- What does ramage mean?
- Ramage means of a person or thing: wild; untamed.
- What part of speech is ramage?
- Ramage can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ramage?
- Ramage is pronounced /ˈɹæmɪd͡ʒ/.
Words near ramage in the dictionary
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