rum-dum

or rum-dumm

[ ruhm-duhm ]
nounDisparaging and Offensive.

  1. a stupid or ignorant person.

  2. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.

adjective

  1. stupid; ignorant.

  2. of, related to, or arising from habitual drunkenness; addled by intoxicating drinks.

Origin of rum-dum

1
First recorded in 1890–95; rhyming compound with rum1 and dumb, perhaps influenced in sense by humdrum
  • Also rum-dumb .

Words Nearby rum-dum

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How to use rum-dum in a sentence

  • He wasn't much of a man—Ben Cameron—weak-eyed, rum-dum—poor too.

    The Vagrant Duke | George Gibbs

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