ramstam

[ ram-stam ]

adjective

1. obstinate; headstrong.

noun

1. a stubborn or thoughtless person.

ramstam

/ ˈræmˈstæm /

adverb

1. headlong; hastily

adjective

1. headlong; precipitate

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramstam¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramstam¹

C18: perhaps from ram + dialect stam to stamp

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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"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."

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