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   ram·bunc·tious

   /ramˈbəNG(k)SHəs/

   adjective

   • 1. uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous: informal North American "a rambunctious tyke" Similar boisterousunrestrainedirrepressibleexuberantuproariousrollickingroisterousracketynoisyloudclamorousunrulydisorderlyrowdybadly behavedriotousundisciplinedill-disciplinedunmanageableuncontrollableungovernableuncontrolledobstreperousdisruptivewildroughinformal:rumbustiousarchaic:rampageousrare:robustiousOpposite restrainedquiet

   Word Origin mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rambunctiously adverb
   • 2. rambunctiousness noun

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