rumminess

noun

rumminess

noun

Etymology From rummy + -ness.

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UK, Colloquial, Dated The quality of being rummy, or odd.

"Tut!" said old Bittlesham. "Tut is right," I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. "But if you haven't dropped a parcel over the race," I said, "why are you looking so rattled?"1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:

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