rompery
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rompery (uncountable)
- Romping; boisterous play.
- 1944, The New Yorker, volume 20, number 2, page 42:
- In spite of Mr. James' occasional weakness for sobbing notes, the presiding spirit of the establishment is, I should say, one of rompery.
- 1984, Digital Audio, volume 1, numbers 2-7, page 88:
- The production numbers of La Cage sparkle, while the comedy is a bevy of sight gags, wildly drawn characters, and sexual rompery.