Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK, dated, informal)Strange, peculiar.

    a rum idea; a rum fellow

  2. (obsolete)Fine, excellent, valuable.

    having a rum time

More definitions
  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

Examples

47 sentences

  1. Tom likes rum.

    Том любить ром. — deniko

    ruТом любит ром. — marafon

    deTom liebt Rum. — wolfgangth

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  2. Tom took a swig of rum.

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  3. My favorite alcoholic drink is rum.

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  4. I had three shots of rum.

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  5. Have you been drinking my rum?

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Origin

From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

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Forms

rummer, rummest
Comparativerummer Lesson
Superlativerummest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
fine, excellent, valuable:exceptionalB2
strange, peculiar:bizarreB2
queerB2pukkarummytop-notch
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words
Derivedantirumrumbudrumdriverrumhoundrumlyrummeryrummishrumpotrumrunnerrumrunningrumsellerrumshoprum dealrum gorumlessrumness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rulerA1rulingrumbleC1rumbling
rum — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto