rum
Pronunciation: /ɹʌm/
The English word “rum” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- A serving of rum.
- A kind or brand of rum.
- A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
- A strange person or thing.
- A country parson.
- Any odd person or thing.
- The card game rummy.
adjective
Etymology
In common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include: * that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, names for rum also attested in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century, * that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer, * that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not…
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