RUM

curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular

(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; “a curious hybrid accent”; “her speech has a funny twang”; “they have some funny ideas about war”; “had an odd name”; “the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”; “something definitely queer about this town”; “what a rum fellow”; “singular behavior”

rummy, rum

(noun) a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

rum

(noun) liquor distilled from fermented molasses

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

(countable) A serving of rum.

(countable) A kind or brand of rum.

(obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.

(obsolete, slang) A country parson.

Synonyms

• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also strange person

• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also anomaly

Etymology 2

Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, )

(obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]

(British, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]

Synonyms

• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also excellent

• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also strange

Noun

rum (plural rums)

(British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

Etymology 3

Noun

rum

(rare) The card game rummy.

Anagrams

• MRU, RMU, URM

Proper noun

Rum

Alternative form of Rùm

Anagrams

• MRU, RMU, URM

Source: Wiktionary

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Rum, n. Etym: [probably shortened from prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.]

Definition: A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scumming of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] -- Rum shrub, a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.

Rum, a. Etym: [Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a husband, a gypsy.]

Definition: Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] Dickens.

Rum, n.

Definition: A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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