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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1950

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ROMBOMPTIOUS, adj. Blustering, overbearing (ne. and em.Sc.(a), Wgt. 1968).Per.4 1950:
A big, go-ahead, rombomptious kind of fellow.

[Conflation of rumbustious and bumptious.]

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"Rombomptious adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/rombomptious>

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