rummy
/ˈɹʌmi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or tasting of rum.
noun
A rum-drinking alcoholic.
Example Sentences
- "a rummy flavour"
- "‘Up to this time, you understand, we had only built a bit of a slab hut [...] a cow-yard, and the rummiest bit of fencing you every looked at.’"
- "“You say rummy things and you do rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive.”"
- "No one has forgotten Frank Dodd, the crossing guard who went crazy here twelve years ago and killed those women, and they haven't forgotten the dog, either, the one that came down with rabies and killed Joe Camber and the old rummy down the road from him."
Etymology
Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ruhm
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹʌmi/
- British English: /ˈɹʌmɪ/
Usage
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Dated