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Rumbustious

adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Boisterous and unruly. British, informal

    "“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.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline wordnet

Etymology

From rum- (“nonsense syllable”) + bust + -ious. Alternatively, possibly from an alteration of robustious.

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