rummer

RUM-er/ˈɹʌmɚ/UKRUM-uh/ˈɹʌmə/

Pluralrummers

2 meanings of rummer

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1
nouncountable
A big glass used for drinking wine and other alcohol, with a short, thick stem.
Like a large wine glass that sits on a short, thick stem.
She poured the red wine into a heavy rummer.
The old cupboard held a set of dusty rummers.
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2
adjective
Comparative form of rum. It means stranger, in old-fashioned British English.
The whole affair grew rummer by the day.
His second story was rummer than his first.
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rummer is a form of rum

Forms: rumrummer comparativerummest superlative
Spelling: rum → rummer: double the m, add -er

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Origin

This word comes partly from Dutch, Middle Low German, and German words like Römer, meaning something Roman, because the glass was made in glassworks from the Roman era.