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Definition of Rompish
1. a. Given to rude play; inclined to romp.
Definition of Rompish
1. Adjective. Given to rude play; inclined to romp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rompish
1. inclined to romp [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rompish
Literary usage of Rompish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... to swell), a rising heap, or mound of earth. De- En- Un- TOMBOY, ». A tumbler,
mountebank ¡ a rompish girl—a playfellow for boys. ..."
2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1810)
"... and make passes on the wall, take off my cravat, and seize it to make some
other use of the lace, or run into some other unaccountable rompish- ness, ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He has, however, taken a house for a ' sweet little mistress/ who has been deserted
by her husband and three children ; who is ' ill-bred ' and ' rompish,' ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"Wh. Gl. ; Mid. The verb ie aleo common, but the past part, is unheard to any extent.
The substantive is also applied to half - wild, rompish sheep. ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"On this rompish Day of Jubilation Let there be no sign of any snip-snap ! Let the
bells ring out a merry welkin I (" The practice of making the welkin ring ..."
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