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rambunctious

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/

adj

Etymology: A variant of rumbustious (“boisterous and unruly”).

  1. Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.

    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.