Ramage

//ˈɹæmɪd͡ʒ// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    wildness, spirit, courage, ferocity
  2. 2
    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[…]"

  3. 3
    Boughs or branches. archaic

    "That beneficent stem[…] From leaf and ramage sheddeth cool bright showers."

  4. 4
    The warbling of birds in trees. archaic

    "And birds on thee their ramage did bestow"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a person or thing: wild; untamed obsolete
  2. 2
    of a place or terrain: scrubby, thicketed, rough obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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boughbranchburgeondeadwoodflagellumfork

Example

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"Ramages as such do not enter into alliances, either marital or political. They do, however, provide a basis for the allocation of political authority[…]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French ramage, from Middle French and Old French ramage, from ram (“branch”) + -age. by surface analysis, rame + -age.

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