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ramage

adjective

Definition of ramage

 (Entry 1 of 2)

obsolete
: untamed, wild

ramage

noun
ram·​age | \ ˈramij\
plural -s

Definition of ramage (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : the boughs or branches of a tree
2 : the cry of birds grew from the ramage of birds to the hurry of wind— Hugh McCrae
3 : a genealogical tree of a segmentary unilateral descent group

History and Etymology for ramage

Adjective

Middle English, from Old French, living in the branches of trees, wild, from ram, raim branch (from Latin ramus) + -age (as in salvage savage)

Noun

French, from Old French, from ram, raim branch + -age

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