| 释义 |
rammish1 /ˈramɪʃ/(also roamish) adjective1Of smell, taste, etc.: characteristic of a ram; rank, strong, pungent; disagreeable, offensive. 2Having a pungent or disagreeable smell or taste. Now chiefly regional. 3Lascivious, lustful; on heat. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From ram + -ish. rammish2 /ˈramɪʃ/(also ramse, ramish, ramsh) In later use Scottish and English regional ( north-west. ) adjectiveFrantic, crazy; wild, headstrong; rough, violent.- Perhaps to some extent associated with ram..
Origin Late 15th century; earliest use found in Craft of Deyng. Apparently originally a variant of ramage; in some forms perhaps partly influenced by rammish. |