rampaciousadj.
/ramˈpeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌræmˈpeɪʃəs/ rare.
= rampageous adj.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > riotous
tempestousc1374
tempestuous1447
uproarish1550
tumultuous1576
routious1602
tumultuary1650
ramp1678
mobbish1695
royet1737
riotous1775
rumbustiousa1777
rumbustical1779
rampageous1800
rioty1819
rampacious1836
tempestive1848
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > recklessly or riotously violent
sturdy1297
ramping1484
turbulous1527
flinginga1529
turbulent1538
rampant?1609
rampageous1800
rampacious1836
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 228 A stone statue of some rampacious animal with flowing mane and tail, distantly resembling an insane cart-horse.
1894 Daily News 20 Apr. 5/4 A dog and a cat and three rampacious children.
1919 Times 27 May 15/5 ‘Bother these beastly bluebells,’ says one who is in a rampacious mood after a large lunch with two helps of treacle pudding.
1961 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 14 Mar. 11/1 The first rescued told of atrocities by rampacious Congolese soldiers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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