ramage

noun /ˈɹæmɪd͡ʒ/

1. wildness, spirit, courage, ferocity

2. A cognatic descent group.

   Ramages as such do not enter into alliances, either marital or political. They do, however, provide a basis for the allocation of political authority[…]

3. Boughs or branches.

   archaic

   From leaf and ramage sheddeth cool bright showers.

   That beneficent stem[…]

4. The warbling of birds in trees.

   archaic

   And birds on thee their ramage did bestow

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French ramage, from Middle French and Old French ramage, from ram (“branch”) + -age. by surface analysis, rame + -age.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ramage (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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