rumpus English · revision 1366

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹʌm.pəs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is of unknown or uncertain origin,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) “probably a fanciful formation”, according to the OED.^(Etymonline) It may be an alteration of ''robustious'' “boisterous”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A riot, uproar or disturbance (1764, first recorded in Foote).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning has not changed.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) The ''rumpus room'', a family playroom or recreation room, dates from 1938 in Etymonline^(Etymonline) and 1940 in the OED, originally in North America.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1764 – an uproar.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1839 – verb, to make a disturbance.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1938 – ''rumpus room''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; an [[uproar]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A heated controversy.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ruckus]]

+ * [[rumpus room]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}