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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. liquor distilled from fermented molasses;

2. a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards;
[syn: rummy, rum]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
- Example: "a curious hybrid accent"
- Example: "her speech has a funny twang"
- Example: "they have some funny ideas about war"
- Example: "had an odd name"
- Example: "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
- Example: "something definitely queer about this town"
- Example: "what a rum fellow"
- Example: "singular behavior"
[syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rum \Rum\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rum \Rum\, n. A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rum \Rum\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rum adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular] n 1: liquor distilled from fermented molasses 2: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: rummy, rum]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.