rambunctious
/ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The kids are being especially rambunctious today."
- ""Bad cess may attend you, where are you scampering to, you rambunctious"—but she could go no farther; the tears burst from her, and she gave way, without farther resistance, to an explosion of grief."
- ""Not as you knows on, you rambunctious wool grower," said the indignant Yankee."
- "There was close by me a window, and, noiselessly as possible, I slid back a small piece, thereby rousing the light-sleeping mistress of the canary, who sharply requested it be closed again; [...] the other lady smiled despairingly, and signed me to obey, which I reluctantly did by closing the glass; but the shutter proved rumbunctious, and for no effort of mine would again move out of his groove; [...]"
- ""I guess the governor'd be rambunxious, as usual, if I was to ask his permission," the dutiful son remarked; "but he's going away for a few days next week, and mother won't hinder me, I know.""
- "It may sometimes appear that Canada is composed of nine complacent, cohesive English-speaking provinces and rambunctious Quebec. In fact, it is composed of ten provinces, each different and all occasionally rambunctious."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/
- British English: /ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more rambunctious (comparative)
most rambunctious (superlative)
rambunxious (alternative)
rumbunctious (alternative)