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polrumptious
Feb. 27th, 2024 07:51 ampolrumptious (puhl-RUMP-shuhs) - adj., unruly, rowdy, obnoxious.
Dialect slang from south England first recorded in the 1780s. The pol- prefix is possibly from dialect poll meaning head, used as an intensifier to rumptious, energetic/rowdy. Possibly headstrong as a connotation?
---L.
Dialect slang from south England first recorded in the 1780s. The pol- prefix is possibly from dialect poll meaning head, used as an intensifier to rumptious, energetic/rowdy. Possibly headstrong as a connotation?
---L.
