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English
Adjective
rumbunctious (comparative more rumbunctious, superlative most rumbunctious)
- Alternative spelling of rambunctious.
1862 January, “A Canal-boat Sketch”, in Duffy’s Hibernian Magazine. , volume I (New Series), number 1, Dublin, London: James Duffy, , →OCLC, page 92: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;
2015, Molly Whittington-Egan, “Preface: Into the Cabinet”, in Mrs Guppy Takes a Flight: A Scandal of Victorian Spiritualism, : Neil Wilson Publishing, →ISBN, page x:She was placid, stately and Juno-esque, soft-toned in her trance utterances, but she could become powerful in her office, an imposing presence. Sometimes a rumbunctious, chaffing persona emerged and was a little over the top for genteel spinsters to tolerate.