yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

ramstam

[ ram-stam ]

adjective

  1. obstinate; headstrong.


noun

  1. a stubborn or thoughtless person.

ramstam

/ ˈæˈæ /

adverb

  1. headlong; hastily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. headlong; precipitate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ramstam1

1780–90; perhaps rhyming compound based on ram 1 and stamp
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ramstam1

C18: perhaps from ram + dialect stam to stamp
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Was ever a woman so provokit wi' a ramstam, dotrifeed gomeral o' a man?

From

I doubt you’ll prove A rackle ramstam wife, if you’ve your head.

From

One of a number of words in Sco. formed with ram, cp. ramshackle, ramstam, rammous, etc.

From

Ramstam, adj. indiscreet, with an idea of rushing into anything thoughtlessly.

From

"For," said Andrew, "some of their chiefs and grit men are birling at the usquebaugh in by there, and dinna want to be disturbed; and the least we'll get, if we gang ramstam in on them, will be a broken head, to learn us better havings, if we dinna come by the length of a cauld dirk in our wame, whilk is just as likely."

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement