Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Odd; strange.
- adjective Presenting danger or difficulty.
- noun An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugar cane.
- noun Intoxicating beverages.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spirit distilled from the juice of the sugar-cane in any form, commonly from the refuse juice left from sugar-making, but often from molasses, as especially in countries where the sugar-cane is not produced.
- noun Any distilled liquor or strong alcoholic drink: much used in reprobation, with reference to intemperance: as, the evils of rum.
- Good; fine; hence, satirically, in present use, queer; odd; droll.
- noun Any odd, queer person or thing; an oddity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun [Colloq.] a grog blossom.
- noun a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.
- noun Slang, Obs. A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
- adjective Slang Old-fashioned; queer; odd.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
distilled spirit derived from fermentedcane sugar andmolasses - noun countable A serving of rum
- noun countable A kind or brand of rum
- noun obsolete, slang A queer or odd person or thing.
- noun obsolete, slang A
country parson . - adjective UK, colloquial, dated
strange ,peculiar
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- adjective beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- noun a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_It is well known that the rum made upon an estate will seldom pay its contingent expenses, and that frequently bills are drawn on Great Britain to the amount of one thousand pounds, and sometimes two thousand pounds, for the excess of the contingencies over and above the amount of the sale of the rum_: here the attorney finds another avenue of amassing for himself.
The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished 1836
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This rum is a different animal — strong and arresting.
Sweet Home Louisiana 2005
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Appleton Special Jamaica rum is also a light straw color, and has a lovely, delicate nose.
Sweet Home Louisiana 2005
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This rum is a different animal — strong and arresting.
Sweet Home Louisiana 2005
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Appleton Special Jamaica rum is also a light straw color, and has a lovely, delicate nose.
Sweet Home Louisiana 2005
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Just in case you don't know, rum is made from fermenting the juice of sugar cane or its derivatives, usually molasses.
Tony Sachs: Yo-Ho-Ho And A Snifter Of Rum: Sipping Rums To Enjoy Without Paper Umbrellas Tony Sachs 2010
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Just in case you don't know, rum is made from fermenting the juice of sugar cane or its derivatives, usually molasses.
Tony Sachs: Yo-Ho-Ho And A Snifter Of Rum: Sipping Rums To Enjoy Without Paper Umbrellas Tony Sachs 2010
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I told my Bacardi friends what I had learned years ago in Haiti, that when the rum is resting in its barrels, it loses a portion due to evaporation ... which is known as angel's share.
Jay Weston: Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum Jay Weston 2010
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I told my Bacardi friends what I had learned years ago in Haiti, that when the rum is resting in its barrels, it loses a portion due to evaporation ... which is known as angel's share.
Jay Weston: Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum Jay Weston 2010
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I told my Bacardi friends what I had learned years ago in Haiti, that when the rum is resting in its barrels, it loses a portion due to evaporation ... which is known as angel's share.
Jay Weston: Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum Jay Weston 2010
azd commented on the word rum
adjective, meaning odd or peculiar
March 31, 2007
oroboros commented on the word rum
See ethyl formate.
April 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word rum
A fine quotation on kibe-heel.
June 9, 2010