# rummer

Pronunciation: US say "RUM-er" /ˈɹʌmɚ/; UK say "RUM-uh" /ˈɹʌmə/

## Noun

1. A large drinking glass, usually on a short or heavy stem, used for alcoholic drinks and especially wine.
   - Simple: A big glass used for drinking wine and other alcohol, with a short, thick stem.
   - _He raised his rummer and proposed a toast to the newlyweds._
   - _The collector displayed a row of engraved rummers from the Georgian era._

## Adjective

2. Comparative form of rum. Dated British informal. — comparative form of rum: more rum
   - Simple: Comparative form of rum. It means stranger, in old-fashioned British English.
   - _The deeper they dug, the rummer the case became._
   - _Nothing could be rummer than the note left on the doorstep._

## Origin

The word comes partly from Dutch roemer (rummer, in West Flanders), partly from Middle Low German römer, and partly from German Römer ("Roman person or thing"), so named because it was made in glassworks dating from the Roman era.

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