Rumbustious
/rʌmˈbʌs.tʃəs/noun
Noisy, energetic, and difficult to control.
Did you know?Rumbustious is not an old magical word at all, but a relatively recent English formation, probably influenced by earlier slang like rum and bustious, with the sense of boisterous excess.
Etymological Timeline
Old French
OF
bouste
“pride, arrogance, insolence”
Middle English
ME
bustous
“boisterous, noisy, rough”
18th Century
English
rum
“excellent, fine, notable; also used in slangy compounds”
19th Century
English
rumbustious
“rowdy, noisy, exuberant”
Modern English
English
rumbustious
“noisy, energetic, and hard to control”
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