rumptious

== English == === Etymology 1 === Blend of rump (“the buttocks”) +‎ scrumptious. Compare rumpalicious. ==== Adjective ==== rumptious (comparative more rumptious, superlative most rumptious) (nonstandard, humorous) Of a person's buttocks: large, well-shaped. === Etymology 2 === From rumption (“an uproar, commotion”) +‎ -ous. Probably related to polrumptious. ==== Adjective ==== rumptious (comparative more rumptious, superlative most rumptious) (dialectal) Energetic, rowdy, uproarious. === Further reading === Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “RUMPTIOUS, adj.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 183, column 1.