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PRONUNCIATION:

(ram-BUNGK-shus)

MEANING:

adjective: Uncontrollably boisterous.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of its synonym rumbustious. Earliest documented use: 1830.

USAGE:

“And those who have been in perennial thrall to Sean Cronin’s rambunctious spirit may have thought nothing could have ever stopped him in his tracks.”
David Kelly; Lions Aim Spurs on Cronin; Irish Independent (Dublin); Jan 18, 2017.

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