rummy

noun, adj — 4 senses

rummy

noun

UK /ˈɹʌmɪ/ · US /ˈɹʌmi/

Etymology Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm.

1

Usually A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Derived terms: boathouse rummy, gin rummy, Indian rummy, knock rummy, Liverpool rummy, Michigan rummy, Persian rummy, pinochle rummy

rummy

adj

Etymology From rum + -y.

1

Resembling or tasting of rum.

a rummy flavour

2

UK, Colloquial, Dated Peculiar; odd.

“You say rummy things and you do rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive.”1920, P. G. Wodehouse, Jill the Reckless, page 28:

Derived terms: rummily, rumminess, rummy nose, rummy-nose tetra

rummy

noun

Etymology From rum + -y.

1

A rum-drinking alcoholic.

No one has forgotten Frank Dodd, the crossing guard who went crazy here twelve years ago and killed those women, and they haven't forgotten the dog, either, the one that came down with rabies and killed Joe Camber and the old rummy down the road from him.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

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