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ˈrompish, a.
[f. romp n. + -ish.]
Inclined to romp; frolicsome.
1709W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. i. 37 The Dance was something Rompish. 1775Ash, Rompish, inclined to rough play. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v. Ramp, A creature is ramp that is rompish inclined. 1891Sat. Rev. 14 Feb. 195/1 A rompish young personage. 1977Listener 5 May 592/1 Albert Herring is altogether an awkward, disconcerting affair—so rompish on the surface.
Hence ˈrompishly adv.; ˈrompishness.
1711Steele Spect. No. 187 ⁋3 She would..run into some other unaccountable Rompishness. 1847Webster, Rompishly. 1855Tait's Mag. XXII. 220 Calculated to develope playful rompishness into boldness. |