rum.
A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
Meaning & usage
A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. A serving of rum.
Jake tossed down three rums.
A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. A kind or brand of rum.
Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
A strange person or thing.
A country parson.
Where this word comes from
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word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not originally made with rum), * that it derives from rum ("fine, good") or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, this origin is now considered unlikely)
Fine, excellent, valuable.
having a rum time
Strange, peculiar.
a rum idea; a rum fellow
Where this word comes from
From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.
Any odd person or thing.
Where this word comes from
From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.
The card game rummy.
Where this word comes from
Shortening of rummy.
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