rum

noun

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

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

adjective

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

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