rammy

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.