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rambunctiousness

rambunctiousness noun: the characteristic or state of being rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.

Noun

rambunctiousness (uncountable)

  1. (US) The characteristic or state of being rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
    • 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...1896, C., “The Hypophosphites”, in The Medical Gleaner, volume VII, Cincinnati, Oh.: Sullivan Printing Works, pages 61–62

Synonyms of rambunctiousness

Origin of rambunctiousness

From rambunctious + -ness.

Questions about rambunctiousness

What does rambunctiousness mean?
Rambunctiousness means the characteristic or state of being rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
What part of speech is rambunctiousness?
Rambunctiousness is a noun.

Words near rambunctiousness in the dictionary

  1. ramboutans
  2. rambunction
  3. rambunctions
  4. rambunctious
  5. rambunctiously
  6. rambunctiousness
  7. rambung
  8. rambunxious
  9. rambustan
  10. rambustans
  11. rambustine

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