rum
1[ ruhm ]
/ rʌm /
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noun
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
alcoholic drink in general; intoxicating liquor: He warned against the demon rum.
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Origin of rum
1First recorded in 1645–55; perhaps short for obsolete rumbullion, rumbustion, of obscure origin
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rum2
[ ruhm ]
/ rʌm /
adjective Chiefly British Informal.
odd, strange, or queer: a rum fellow.
problematic; difficult; bad: a rum situation.
Origin of rum
2First recorded in 1750–60; earlier rome, room “great,” of uncertain origin; perhaps from Romani; see Rom
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Origin of rum
3An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; by shortening
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Rum
[ room ]
/ rum /
noun
Arabic name of Rome, once used to designate the Byzantine Empire.
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rum1
/ (rʌm) /
noun
spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white
Word Origin for rum
C17: perhaps shortened from C16 rumbullion, of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for rum (2 of 3)
rum2
/ (rʌm) /
adjective rummer or rummest
British slang strange; peculiar; odd
Derived forms of rum
rumly, adverbrumness, nounWord Origin for rum
C19: perhaps from Romany rom man
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