Polrumptious
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Unruly, rowdy, restless. archaic, dialectal, slang
""Why, that's another matter," replied the beadle; "an' if it be true—and I think thou doest not look so polrumptious as thy play-fellow yonder—thou wouldst be a mettle lass enow, an thou wert snog and snod a bit better. Come thou away then—the Rector is a good man.""
Example
More examples""Why, that's another matter," replied the beadle; "an' if it be true—and I think thou doest not look so polrumptious as thy play-fellow yonder—thou wouldst be a mettle lass enow, an thou wert snog and snod a bit better. Come thou away then—the Rector is a good man.""
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably related to rumptious (“energetic, rowdy, uproarious”). The initial pol may be derived from some sense of poll.
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