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ruckusy en · ADJ

Etymology

From ruckus + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal, rare) Characteristically resembling or making a ruckus; loud; boisterous
    • My eyes flickered to the door behind him as sounds of partygoers being loud and ruckusy ebbed and flowed, cutting through this little world we'd created in the laundry room. 2015, Penny Reid, Elements of Chemistry:
    • Beyond this circle of outdoorsy ruckusy kids I somehow befriended the decidedly different Thomas, who lived a few doors down in a house surrounded by flowers. 1997, Stewart Henderson, In Elizabeth:

Forms

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most ruckusy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ruckusy Degree=Cmp lexicographic