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Definition of Rammish
1. a. Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.
Definition of Rammish
1. Adjective. Like a ram; rank; lascivious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rammish
1. resembling a ram (a male sheep) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rammish
Literary usage of Rammish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Whose father being a rammish ploughman, himself a perfumed gentleman. 1607. ...
Do you not love to smell the {(oast Of a good rammish Holocaust? 2. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"A ramrod, S. To RAMMIS, rammish, ». я. То go about in a state approaching to
frenzy ; to be driven about under the impulse of any powerful appetite, ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"He's gane rammish, he is In a violent rage; implying some degree of derangement,
... E. rammish. " A ramp smell, a strong smell, the smell of a he-goat. ..."
4. Folk-Etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in by Abram Smythe Palmer (1882)
"Though rammish has undoubtedly superseded ramage in the above senses, it is itself
an old word ; and Prov. Eng. ram is fetid, high-scented, offensive, ..."
5. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"E. To RAMMIS, rammish, vn To be driven O' him that day. ... He's gane rammish,
he is in a violent rage; implying some degree of derangement, ..."
6. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"SAC VAGIN, s., s/iv/a-rita, rin, adj. that has a wild or rammish taste. Oiseau qms-i
sent Is sasn'agin, fowl that has a rammish taste. ..."
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