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Webster 1913 Edition


Rum

Rum

,
Noun.
[probably shortened from Prov. E.
rumbullion
a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.]
A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings 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

,
Adj.
[Formerly
rome
, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy
rom
a husband, a gypsy.]
Old-fashioned; queer; odd;
as, a
rum
idea; a
rum
fellow
.
[Slang]
Dickens.

Rum

,
Noun.
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
[Slang, Obs.]
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rum

RUM

,
Noun.
1.
Spirit distilled from cane juice; or the scummings of the juice from the boiling house, or from the treacle or molasses which drains from sugar, or from dunder, the lees of former distillations.
In the United States, rum is distilled from molasses only.
2.
A low cant word for a country parson.

RUM

,
Adj.
Old fashioned; queer. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


rúm

rúm

See also: rum, Rum, rùm, Rùm, rüm, rum-, and rum.

Faroese

Noun

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, plural rúm)

  1. space
  2. room

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rúm rúmið rúm rúmini
Accusative rúm rúmið rúm rúmini
Dative rúmi rúminum rúmum rúmunum
Genitive rúms rúmsins rúma rúmanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːm/
  • Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

rúm n

  1. room, space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)
  2. space (the three dimensions in which everything exists and moves)
  3. bed

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old English rūm (English room), Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum), Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rūms).

Noun

rúm n

  1. room
  2. space

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