rumbustious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, unruly

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