rumpus

English

Noun

rumpus (plural rumpuses)

  1. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
  2. (New Zealand) A rumpus room.

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrum.pus/, [ˈrʊm.pʊs]

Noun

rumpus m (genitive rumpī); second declension

  1. A vine branch

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rumpus rumpī
Genitive rumpī rumpōrum
Dative rumpō rumpīs
Accusative rumpum rumpōs
Ablative rumpō rumpīs
Vocative rumpe rumpī

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References

  • rumpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rumpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), rumpus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 452
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