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rompish

[ rom-pish ]

adjective

  1. given to romping; frolicsome.


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Other Words From

  • rompish·ly adverb
  • rompish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rompish1

First recorded in 1700–10; romp + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

There’s something inescapably rompish about splicing together the music of the Go-Go’s with English Renaissance source material.

Naila Aladdin-Sanders’ costumes hit the right rompish note, but Frederica Nascimento’s set establishes little and Nicholas Santiago’s video gets lost in the nighttime shuffle.

The reigning belles were mostly a set of loud, rompish girls, with names that rang unfamiliarly.

I know this letter will be a disappointment to you, but you are a sweet, brave girl, if a bit inclined to be rompish, and I’m sure you’ll agree with me in time when you’ve had a chance to think things over.

Since 1993, when Kenneth Branagh's rompish Much Ado About Nothing earned $23 million at the domestic box office on an $8 million budget, studios have begun to belly up to the Bard.

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