also RAMAGEOUS
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ADJECTIVES 1. of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398 obs. 2. easily frightened or startled ...c1530 obs. 3. furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600 obs ETYMOLOGY from E-CEN: from Middle English ramagous, ramagious from ramage wild from E-NED: from Old French ramageous (Godef.), from ramage ramage n. EXAMPLE From: The Poetical Works of Geoff. Chaucer. In Fourteen Volumes Volume XI. Containing his Miscellaneous Pieces, 1782 The Remedie of Love. This book, taken for the most part out of The Proverbs of Solomon, is a warning to take heed of the deceitful company of women. P. 173
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