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Definition of rumbustious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rumbustious

adjective
 
/rʌmˈbʌstʃəs/
 
/rʌmˈbʌstʃəs/
(especially British English)
(North American English usually rambunctious)
[usually before noun] (informal)
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  1. full of energy in a cheerful and noisy way synonym boisterous
    • a crowd of rumbustious football fans
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: probably an alteration of archaic robustious ‘boisterous, robust’.

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