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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.
Definition 2024
rúm
rúm
Faroese
Noun
rúm n (genitive singular rúms, plural rúm)
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 |
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ruːm/
- Rhymes: -uːm
Noun
rúm n
- room, space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)
- space (the three dimensions in which everything exists and moves)
- bed
Declension
declension of rúm
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rúm | rúmið | rúm | rúmin |
| accusative | rúm | rúmið | rúm | rúmin |
| dative | rúmi | rúminu | rúmum | rúmunum |
| genitive | rúms | rúmsins | rúma | rúmanna |