ramage
1 of 2adjective
obsolete
: untamed, wild
ramage
2 of 2noun
ram·age
ˈramij
plural -s
1
: the boughs or branches of a tree
2
: the cry of birds
grew from the ramage of birds to the hurry of wind
Hugh McCrae
Hugh McCrae3
: a genealogical tree of a segmentary unilateral descent group
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old French, living in the branches of trees, wild, from ram, raim branch (from Latin ramus) + -age (as in salvage savage)
Noun
French, from Old French, from ram, raim branch + -age