jorum
Americannoun
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a large bowl or container for holding drink.
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the contents of such a container.
a jorum of punch.
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a great quantity.
noun
Etymology
Origin of jorum
First recorded in 1720–30; said to be named after Joram, who brought silver, gold, and brass bowls to David (2 Samuel 8:10)
Explanation
A jorum is a large bowl from which you can serve many drinks. You could also call a jorum a punchbowl. If you throw a party and fill a bowl with fruit punch, ladling it into cups for your friends, you can call the bowl a jorum, although most of your guests will probably refer to it as a punchbowl. Not many people still use this eighteenth century word, which may be rooted in a Biblical character, Jorum, who "brought vessels." The Jorum Glacier in Antarctica is named after this word because of the scooped-out bowl shape at its head.
Example Sentences
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None so knowing as he At brewing a jorum of tea, Ha! ha!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
Then he set the piece down by the fireside, drained his hot jorum, and...
From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Herbert, Henry William
My most important present news is that I am going to take a jorum of hot rum and egg in bed immediately, and to cover myself up with all the blankets in the house.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
At last he resumed his human shape, and sat before me like "Andes, giant of the Western Star," tippling the jorum, and sighing deeply.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829 by Various
This was a little parlour, where the Captain of musqueteers had been regaling himself for the last hour over a jorum of ale, in solitary rumination.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
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