Meaning

noun liquor distilled from fermented molasses

adjective beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

noun a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

originIn common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include: * that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, names for rum also attested in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century, * that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer, * that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not…

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