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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†RUMBALLIACH, adj. Also rambaleugh. Tempestuous, stormy, used of either weather or temperament (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., ‡rambaleugh).Rxb. 1825 Jam.:
A rambaleugh day. . . . She has a rambaleugh temper. . . . A rumballiach wife.Slk. c.1900 A. J. B. Paterson Mist from Yarrow 111:
Sic a rambaleugh nicht as this.

[Orig. obscure. Cf. Ram- and also sw. Eng. dial. rumbullion, tumult, uproar, rumbullious, noisy.]

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