rammish1
/ˈramɪʃ/(also roamish)
adjective
1Of smell, taste, etc.: characteristic of a ram; rank, strong, pungent; disagreeable, offensive.
2Having a pungent or disagreeable smell or taste. Now chiefly regional.
3Lascivious, lustful; on heat.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From ram + -ish.
rammish2
/ˈramɪʃ/(also ramse, ramish, ramsh) In later use Scottish and English regional (north-west. )
adjective
Frantic, crazy; wild, headstrong; rough, violent.
- Perhaps to some extent associated with ram..
Origin
Late 15th century; earliest use found in Craft of Deyng. Apparently originally a variant of ramage; in some forms perhaps partly influenced by rammish.