rumption
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from rumpus + -tion.[1]
Noun
[edit]rumption (plural rumptions)
- (dialectal) A loud disturbance; a rumpus, uproar.
- 2015, Katherine Howe, The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 203:
- I leap to my feet with a rumption, turning over the bench where I'm sitting. "But," I say, looking to both sides of me in shock.
Derived terms
[edit]- polrumptious (possibly)
- rumptious
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “rumption, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.