Dictionary

rummy en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌmɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹʌmi/ (General-American)

Etymology

Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Forms

Deriveds

pinochle rummy · gin rummy · Michigan rummy · Liverpool rummy · knock rummy · Persian rummy · boathouse rummy · Indian rummy

Translations (42)

sk žolík (card game) · hu römi (card game) · fi rommi (card game) · nl rummy (card game) · da rommy (card game) · ta ரம்மி (card game) · sl remi (card game) · sh рѐми (card game) · cs žolíky (card game) · de Rommee (card game) · sk remy (card game) · cmn 拉密牌 (card game) · ro rummy (card game) · tr remi (card game) · el ραμί (card game) · nb rummy (card game) · pl remibrydż (card game) · ru ра́мми (card game) · fr rami (card game) · ga rumaí (card game) · he רֶמִי (card game) · sk žolíky (card game) · ja ラミー (card game) · mk реми (card game) · th รัมมี่ (card game) · it ramino (card game) · de Rommé (card game) · bg рум (card game) · eo rumio (card game) · id remi (card game) · te రమ్మీ (card game) · sh rèmi (card game) · ar هَانْد رِيمِي (card game) · ml റമ്മി (card game) · pl remik (card game) · ru ре́мик (card game) · ko 러미 (card game) · ar هَانْد (card game) · hi रमी (card game) · si රුම්මි (card game) · cs remy (card game) · pl żolik (card game)

rummy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌmɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹʌmi/ (General-American)

Etymology

From rum + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or tasting of rum.
   • a rummy flavour
2. (Australia, 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:
   • ‘Up to this time, you understand, we had only built a bit of a slab hut [...] a cow-yard, and the rummiest bit of fencing you every looked at.’ 1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 97:

Forms

Deriveds

rummily · rumminess · rummy-nose tetra · rummy nose

Translations (4)

fi romminen (resembling or tasting of rum) · nl rumachtig (resembling or tasting of rum) · pl rumowy (resembling or tasting of rum) · cmn 朗姆酒味的 (resembling or tasting of rum)

rummy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌmɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹʌmi/ (General-American)

Etymology

From rum + -y.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Translations (5)

pl ochlapus (rum-drinking alcoholic) · cmn 嗜飲朗姆酒的人 /嗜饮朗姆酒的人 (rum-drinking alcoholic) · fi rommijuoppo (rum-drinking alcoholic) · nl rumdrinker (rum-drinking alcoholic) · pl moczymorda (rum-drinking alcoholic)