rumbustious
adjective /rʌmˈbʌstʃəs/
/rʌmˈbʌstʃəs/
(especially British English) (North American English usually rambunctious)
[usually before noun] (informal)- full of energy in a cheerful and noisy way synonym boisterous
- a crowd of rumbustious football fans
Word Originlate 18th cent.: probably an alteration of archaic robustious ‘boisterous, robust’.