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rambustious

rambustious is the alternative spelling of rumbustious.

Meaning of rumbustious

Adjective

rumbustious (comparative more rumbustious, superlative most rumbustious)

  1. (UK, informal) Synonym of rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
    • “Childer! Borne ’em I ’ave, an’ buried ’em I ’ave, but now I can’t seem to do wi’ their clatter no more—young things is that restless an’ rumbustious.”1912, Blanche Edith Baughan, “Red and Yellow and Ripe”, in Brown Bread from a Colonial Oven
    Synonyms:
    rambunctious, boisterous and unruly

Forms of rambustious

comparativemore rambustious
superlativemost rambustious

Questions about rambustious

What is rambustious the alternative spelling of?
Rambustious is the alternative spelling of rumbustious.

Words near rambustious in the dictionary

  1. rambunxious
  2. rambustan
  3. rambustans
  4. rambustine
  5. rambustines
  6. rambustious
  7. rambutan
  8. rambutans
  9. Ramchandra
  10. Ramcharan
  11. Ramcharans

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