rumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:

• that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
• that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
• that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
• that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer

別の表記

• rhum (Philippines)

名詞

rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

   Coordinate term: grog

   The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.

   1. (countable) A serving of rum.

      Jake tossed down three rums.

   2. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.

      Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.

2. (obsolete, slang) A strange person or thing.
3. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
   • 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn:

     No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

同意語

• (spirit): rumbullion (obsolete)
• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

派生語

関連する語

• baba au rhum

派生した語

語源 2

From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

形容詞

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]

   having a rum time

2. (UK, informal, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]

   a rum idea; a rum fellow

   • 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:

     "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"

   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 27, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     [H]e stared after Pynsent stupidly, and pronounced to the landlord over the counter that he was a rum one.

   • 1878, Henry James, An International Episode‎:

     The young men had exchanged few observations; but in crossing Union Square, in front of the monument to Washington—in the very shadow, indeed, projected by the image of the pater patriae—one of them remarked to the other, “It seems a rum-looking place.”
     “Ah, very odd, very odd,” said the other, who was the clever man of the two.

   • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian‎:

     "Can't you see him?"
     "Well, I almost thought I did—for a moment. It's such a rum light."

   • 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 35:

     "But you think he's right?" "Could be. They're rum birds, all right."

   • 1976, James Herriot, All Things Wise and Wonderful, page 346:

     "She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum 'un, isn't it?" It was very rum indeed.

同意語

• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange

派生語

名詞

rum (plural rums)

1. (British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

派生語

• rum cull

語源 3

Shortening of rummy.

名詞

rum

1. (rare) The card game rummy.

派生語

参照

参考

• rum-tum, rum tum ditty (probably etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• rum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “rum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rum, sb.¹”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rum, sb.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886, column 3.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rum, sb.³”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886, column 3.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rum, a.¹”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886, column 3.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rum, a.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 886–887.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rum, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 887, column 1.

アナグラム

• MRU, Mru, RMU, URM

語源 1

From Proto-West Germanic *rūm. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).

形容詞

rūm

1. spacious, roomy
2. long, extended (of time)
3. liberal, extensive, ample, abundant, bountiful, expansive, generous

語形変化

語源 2

From Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

名詞

rūm n or m

1. room, space
2. a space of time, an interval
3. opportunity

語形変化

Neuter

Strong a-stem:

Masculine

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• ġerūm

派生した語

• Middle English: roum, rom, roume, rum
  • → Cornish: roum
  • English: room (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: rowm, roum

接尾辞

-rum

1. dative plural of -or