rumbullion
rumbullion · rumbullions
Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spiritsSynonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
(obsolete)A kind of peach.
(obsolete)A kind of gooseberry.
(Devon, archaic, dialectal)A great tumult.
Origin
Uncertain. The forms rhum and rumbustion appear around the same time. From French RambouiUncertain. The forms rhum and rumbustion appear around the same time.
From French Rambouillet, a town between Paris and Chartres in France. Doublet of Rambouillet.
Uncertain but probably related to rumbustious (“unruly”), itself likely a variant of robustious (“robust, large, noisy, violent”), from robust + -ious, q.v.
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Forms
plural: rumbullionsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedrum
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable