rumbustious

[ ruhm-buhs-chuh s ]
/ rʌmˈbʌs tʃəs /

adjective Chiefly British.

Origin of rumbustious

1775–80; probably variant of robustious

Words nearby rumbustious

Example sentences from the Web for rumbustious

  • Even the rumbustious Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader George Brown got into the act.

    The Charmed Life of a Traitor |Harold Evans |November 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
  • The rumbustious ogre has a hitherto undescribed, but quite imaginable, gap-toothed, beetle-browed ogress of a wife.

    Jaffery |William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for rumbustious

rumbustious
/ (rʌmˈbʌstjəs) /

adjective

boisterous or unruly

Derived forms of rumbustious

rumbustiously, adverb rumbustiousness, noun

Word Origin for rumbustious

C18: probably a variant of robustious