rammysh

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rammish, rammyssh

Adjective

rammysh

1. rank; foul.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 887-889:

     [...] Her savour is so rammish and so hoot,
     That, though a man from hem a myle be,
     The savour wol infecte him, trusteth me; [...]

     [...] Their odor is so like a goat and so intense,
     That though a man be a mile from them,
     The odor will infect him, trust me; [...]