rompyadj.
/ˈrɒmpi/, U.S. /ˈrɑmpi/ Characterized by romps or romping; full of boisterous fun; playful, frolicsome.
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1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xviii. 175 She looked up as saucy and as rompy as you please.
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. 134 Well, perhaps it is a little rompy.
1877 H. Dixon Diana, Lady Lyle II. vi. i. 91 Bessie is..plump, rompy, bursting with health.
1941 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 7 Aug. 5/6 (advt.) They're as rompy as a kitten (and as soft), these gay young shoes with their cushion-rimmed, flexible soles.
1990 D. Ackerman Nat. Hist. Senses iv. 193 Unlike many memoirs about handicapped children, it isn't at all maudlin, but rompy, poetic, and concerned with the struggle we all wage to know ourselves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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