rumbustious
[ ruhm-buhs-chuh s ]
/ rʌmˈbʌs tʃəs /
adjective Chiefly British.
Origin of rumbustious
1775–80; probably variant of
robustious
Words nearby rumbustious
rumble,
rumble seat,
rumble strip,
rumbling,
rumbly,
rumbustious,
rumelia,
rumen,
rumford,
rumi,
ruminant
Example sentences from the Web for rumbustious
Even the rumbustious Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader George Brown got into the act.
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, nounWord Origin for rumbustious
C18: probably a variant of
robustious