rammy

English

Etymology 1

From ram + -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹami/

Adjective

rammy (comparative more rammy, superlative most rammy)

  1. (now Britain regional) Of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , II.ii.1.1:
      Galen takes exception at mutton, but without question he means that rammy mutton which is in Turkey and Asia Minor []
  2. (US, colloquial) Frisky, lecherous.

Noun

rammy (plural rammies)

  1. (Scotland) A disorderly argument or disturbance; a fracas.
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