"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Rambunctious

 
The Archduchess used the word rambunctious the other day. Brother-who-blogs suggested it would make a good word for this blog and he was right.

Rambunctious means boisterous, noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; energetic and difficult to control.

"We have a bit of trouble keeping the more rambunctious of our tenants in check..." (The Archduchess - the tenants in this case not being students partying all night but plants in the greenhouse!)

The wonderful noun from this word is rambunctiousness - The characteristic of being rambunctious.
 
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  1. Heather14 July 2009 at 15:18

    OH, you certainly did NOT have to define this one for me. I've a house full of it this week, with the weather being so drifty...rains, storms, sunshine for a few minutes while everything is wet.

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  2. Scriptor Senex14 July 2009 at 16:23

    That image of children confined to the house just about sums the word up, Heather!

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  3. shabby girl15 July 2009 at 01:07

    Absolutely, you two. Having had two boys, I get that!
    I like that the Archduchess used it about plants! I have a couple of those too!

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  4. Graham Edwards16 July 2009 at 09:12

    Thought you'd like that one CJ.

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