RUMMER

rummer

(noun) a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rummer (plural rummers)

A large drinking-glass studded with prunts to ensure a safe grip, popular in the Rhineland and the Netherlands from the 15th century to the 17th century.

Etymology 2

Adjective

rummer

comparative form of rum

Source: Wiktionary

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Rum"mer (, n. Etym: [D. roemer, romer, akin to G. römer, Sw. remmare; perhaps properly, Roman.]

Definition: A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. [Obs.] J. Philips.

RUM

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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