rumbustious

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rumbustious

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Uncertain but probably variation of robustious (“robust, large, noisy, violent”), from robust + -ious. Alternatively, from rum- (“nonsense syllable”) + bust + -ious.

adjective more rumbustious · most rumbustious · rambustious · rumbumptious

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.”
Similar: rambunctious, boisterous and unruly

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@misc{rumbustious_2026,
  title = {rumbustious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rumbustious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}