lungeousadj.
/ˈlʌndʒəs/ dialect. † a. Of a fall: heavy. Obsolete.
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1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake (1741) 339 A lungeous Fall indeed, the Master said.
b. Of persons: rough-mannered, violent (in play).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous
robustious1548
boisterous1568
rory-tory1683
randy1723
rumgumptious1781
lungeous1787
rowdy dowdy1816
roaritorious1821
riproarious1830
rough and tumble1831
rowdy1832
rowdy-dow1832
tear-brass1880
knockabout1885
rory-cum-tory1893
roughhouse1896
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Lungeous, spiteful, mischievous. Derb. & Leic.
1817 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (1818) Lungeous, ill tempered, disposed to do some bodily harm by a blow or otherwise.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxviii. 191 A big, lungeous fellow, who would speak disrespectfully of hanybody.
1883 B'ham Daily Mail 3 Apr. 2/3 The rules of Rugby football allow..a cruel latitude to lungeous players.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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