Rum

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹʌm/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒm

Perhaps shortened from rumbullion.

Full definition of rum

Noun

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molassesThe Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
2. (countable) A serving of rumJake tossed down three rums.
3. (countable) A kind or brand of rumBundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
4. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
5. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
• Jonathan SwiftNo company comes
  But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Romany origin; compare rom ("a husband, a gypsy").

Adjective

1. (obsolete) fine, excellent, valuable 16th c.
2. (British, colloquial, dated) strange, peculiar 18th c.a rum idea; a rum fellow

Synonyms

• rummy

Anagrams

• MRU