Definition of Rammy

1. a. Like a ram; rammish.

Definition of Rammy

1. Adjective. (context: now UK regional) Of a food, taste, odour etc: like a ram; pungent, rank. ¹

2. Adjective. (US colloquial) Frisky, lecherous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rammy

1. rammish [adj -MIER, -MIEST] - See also: rammish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rammy

ramline
ramlines
rammed
rammed earth
rammel
rammelsbergite
rammelsbergites
rammer
rammers
rammier
rammies
rammiest
ramming
rammish
rammishness
rammy (current term)
ramnification
ramollescence
ramona
ramonas
ramontchi
ramoon
ramorelix
ramose
ramosely
ramosetron
ramosities
ramosity
ramous

Literary usage of Rammy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... lotus ut hircus olet, he is a rammy fulsome fellow, a goblin-faced fellow, he smells, he stinks, Et cepas simid ..."

2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... he is a rammy fulsome fellow, a goblin-faced fellow, he smells, he stinks, Et cepas simul ... rammy ..."

3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"1621. BURTON, Anal. Melon., III. in. iil i. A nasty rank, rammy, filthy, beastly quean. 1670. ... Lustful ; on HEAT (fv) : also rammy and ..."

4. Pieces People Ask For, Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic edited by George Melville Baker (1908)
"With kind and gentle words he came from that tall pulpit down, saying, " rammy, rammy, ram — best sheepy in the town." And so he kindly, gently, called, ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"rammy, adv. tasting or smelling strong like a ram. MOBBERLEY. A boar when he is killed " tases very rammy." RAMPAGEOUS, adj. boisterous. ..."

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