Ramage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹæmɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ramage is an adjective meaning wildness, spirit, courage, ferocity.
Meaning
wildness, spirit, courage, ferocity.
More Meanings
- (anthropology) A cognatic descent group.
- (obsolete) of a person or thing: wild; untamed
- (obsolete) of a place or terrain: scrubby, thicketed, rough
- (archaic) Boughs or branches.
- (archaic) The warbling of birds in trees.
Example Sentences
And birds on thee their ramage did bestow
That beneficent stem[…] From leaf and ramage sheddeth cool bright showers.
Ramages as such do not enter into alliances, either marital or political. They do, however, provide a basis for the allocation of political authority[…]
Word Forms
- ramages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vild, ferous, irregulous, oragious, wilde, wode.
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