ramage

1 of 2

adjective

obsolete

: untamed, wild

ramage

2 of 2

noun

ram·​age

ˈramij

plural -s

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

Word History

Etymology

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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