rum
Plural: rums
Noun
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from molasses or sugarcane.
- liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
- A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- A serving of rum.
- A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- A kind or brand of rum.
- A strange person or thing.
- A country parson.
- Any odd person or thing.
- The card game rummy.
Adjective Satellite
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- "what a rum fellow"
Adj
- Fine, excellent, valuable.
- Strange, peculiar.
Adjective
- Odd, strange, or peculiar.
Examples
- a rum idea; a rum fellow
- After a long day of Scrabble, a glass of RUM might be in order for some.
- Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
- having a rum time
- It was a RUM choice to play ’QI’ without a ’U’, but it was valid.
- Jake tossed down three rums.
- The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
Origin / Etymology
In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:
* that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
* that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
* that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
* that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer
Synonyms
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rummy, singular, abnormality, anomaly, bizarre, deviant, excellent, exceptional, odd duck, outlier, pukka, rumbullion, strange, strange fish, strange person, top-notch, weirdo
Scrabble Score: 5
rum: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrum: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rum: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary