How do you pronounce rummish?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹʌm.ɪʃ/.

Where does rummish come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

rummish

/ˈɹʌm.ɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rum-mish
IPA: /ˈɹʌm.ɪʃ/

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Meaning

adj

Somewhat rum or peculiar; oddish.

Dated

verb

To roar; to bellow.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Great Whales ſhall rummiſh, rout and rair, Whoſe Sound redound ſhall in the Air, All Fiſh and Monſters marvellous, Shall cry with Sounds odious."
"With brangle of lights doth bark, doth whiſle, And route doth euermore, Make murmuring, loudlie howle and bray, And rummiſh faſt and rore."
"And therefore as a valiant Captaine, affraies no more being at the combat, nor ſtayes from his purpoſe for the rummiſhing ſhot of a Cannon, nor the ſmall clack of a Piſtolet : […]"

Etymology

From rum + -ish.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rumien
Suffix: rum

Usage

Inflected Forms

more rummish (comparative) most rummish (superlative) rummishes (present, singular) rummishing (participle, present) rummished (participle, past) rummished (past)