rompish

American  

[rom-pish] / ˈrɒm pɪʃ /

adjective

1. given to romping; frolicsome.

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Other Word Forms

• rompishly adverb
• rompishness noun

Etymology

Origin of rompish

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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Dunbar was a beautiful woman, just young enough, rompish enough, and wise enough to get a very good time out of life, and pass some of the pleasure on.

From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Garis, Lilian

As I thus gave vent to my resentment I instinctively felt that, so far from causing her to avoid me, it would quicken her rompish interest in me.

From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham

Lively 269 without being ever rompish, and naturally retiring, I asked only to be occupied, and seized with quickness the ideas which were presented to me.

From Lives of Celebrated Women by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)