rumpus

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Etymology[edit]

1764, of unknown origin; "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED]; possibly an alteration of rumbustical or rumbustious (boisterous, noisy) + Latin -us (nominative suffix).

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Noun[edit]

rumpus (plural rumpuses)

  1. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
    • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 166:
      "I'd like to know how on earth we are going to finish the case with all this umptydoodle rumpus going on."
    • 2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times[1]:
      But as his rumpus with Mr. Christie entered its second and third rounds, Mr. Rubio appeared to abandon that game plan.
    • 2020 February 12, Jack Met, Adam Met, Ryan Met, “Bang!”, in OK Orchestra[2], performed by AJR:
      I get up, I get down, and I'm jumping around / And the rumpus and ruckus are comfortable now / Been a hell of a ride, but I'm thinking it's time to grow / Bang! Bang! Bang!
  2. (New Zealand, Australia, Canada) A rumpus room.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown.[1]

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Noun[edit]

rumpus m (genitive rumpī); second declension

  1. A vine branch

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rumpus rumpī
Genitive rumpī rumpōrum
Dative rumpō rumpīs
Accusative rumpum rumpōs
Ablative rumpō rumpīs
Vocative rumpe rumpī

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  • rumpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rumpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “rumpus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 452