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rum (rum)

noun

  1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented sugar cane, molasses, etc.
  2. ☆ alcoholic liquor in general

Etymology: short for rumbullion, orig. Devonshire dial., uproar, tumult < ?

rum2 definition

rum (rum)

adjective

  1. odd; strange; queer
  2. bad, poor, etc. a rum joke

Etymology: < obs. rum, good, great < ? Rom, a Gypsy: see Romany

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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