robustious
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline“a boisterous crowd”“a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand”“a robustious group of teenagers”“beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings”“an unruly class”Synonyms: boisterousrambunctiousrumbustiousunruly
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.] Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner. --Milton. [1913 Webster] -- Ro*bus"tious*ly, adv. -- Ro*bus"tious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]