/ rʌm; NAmE / noun , adjective
■ noun
1.
[ U , C ] a strong alcoholic drink made from the juice of sugar cane
2.
[ C ] a glass of rum
■ adjective
[ usually before noun ] ( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) strange
SYN odd , peculiar
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WORD ORIGIN
noun mid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete rumbullion , in the same sense.
adjective late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.