rum

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
2. (countable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
3. (countable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
4. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A strange person or thing.
5. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A country parson.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.
2. (UK, dated, informal) Strange, peculiar.

Synonyms

rummy

queer

odd

strange

peculiar

curious

bizarre

whiskey

funny

😄

singular

quizzical

unusual

babka

any spirituous liquor

Ron

rum ball

antic

cadging

crotchety

eccentric

eerie

freakish

grotesque

outlandish

quaint

Translations

ron

Rum

rhum

rum

ρούμι

rum

rum

rom

içki

extraño

étrange

drôle

😄

رم

bizarre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌm/

Etymology

In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:
* that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
* that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
* that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
* that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer