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Word of the Day - ramble

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ramble

/ˈramb(ə)l/
verb
[no object]
1 Walk for pleasure in the countryside.
2 Talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.
3 (of a plant) put out long shoots and grow over walls or other plants.
noun
A walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

Origin
Late Middle English (in ramble (sense 2 of the verb)): probably related to
Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense ‘wander about on
heat’, also to the noun ram.

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