|
|
Definition of Rambling
1. Adjective. Spreading out in different directions. "Straggly hair"
2. Adjective. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. "A rambling speech about this and that"
Similar to: Indirect
Derivative terms: Digress, Discursiveness
3. Adjective. Of a path e.g.. "A winding country road"
Definition of Rambling
1. a. Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
Definition of Rambling
1. Verb. (present participle of ramble) ¹
2. Noun. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction. ¹
3. Noun. A gentle hike. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rambling
1. ramble [v] - See also: ramble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rambling
Literary usage of Rambling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"Author of " A Visit to Germany and the Low Countries," " rambling Notes on Paris,"
&c. &c. London : Macrone. 1837. SIR AB Faulkner is just the sort of man ..."
2. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... find his account in it : on the other hand, mine, as old as I was, was the
notion of a mad rambling boy, that never cares to fee a thing twice over. ..."
3. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Avery Lomax (1918)
"rambling BOY I AM a wild and roving lad, A wild and rambling lad I'll be; For I
do love a little girl And she does love me. " O Willie, O Willie, ..."
4. Cowboy Songs, and Other Frontier Ballads by John Avery Lomax (1916)
"rambling BOY I AM a wild and roving lad, A wild and rambling lad I'll be; For I
do love a little girl And she does love me. " O Willie, O Willie, ..."
5. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"CHAPTER L 1834 Mary Lamb and Her Brother—Her " rambling Chat "—The Martins in
... When she is not violent, her rambling chat is better to me than the sense ..."
6. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"Intelligible Evidence: how Rendered Unintelligible : the rambling Witness ...
A defective mental constitution manifests itself in rambling, or in dull and ..."
7. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"Intelligible Evidence: how Rendered Unintelligible : the rambling Witness ...
A defective mental constitution manifests itself in rambling, or in dull and ..."
Other Resources:
