DEFINITIONS

rum-dum

or rum-dumb, rum-dumm

[ ruhm-duhm ]
/ ˈrʌmˌdʌm /
Slang.

noun

a stupid or ignorant person.
drunkard; lush.

adjective

stupid; ignorant.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or arising from habitual drunkenness; addled by drink.

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Origin of rum-dum

1890–95; rhyming compound with rum1 and dumb, perhaps influenced in sense by humdrum
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