Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rum
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1. n. 1 a spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses. 2 US intoxicating liquor. Phrases and idioms rum baba see BABA. Etymology: 17th c.: perh. abbr. of contemporary forms rumbullion, rumbustion, of unkn. orig. 2. adj. Brit. colloq. 1 odd, strange, queer. 2 difficult, dangerous. Phrases and idioms rum go (or start) colloq. a surprising occurrence or unforeseen turn of affairs. Derivatives rumly adv. rumness n. Etymology: 16th-c. cant, orig. = fine, spirited, perh. var. of ROM
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I. noun Etymology: probably short for obsolete ~bullion ~ Date: 1654 an alcoholic beverage distilled from a fermented cane product (as molasses), alcoholic liquor , II. adjective (~mer; ~mest) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1752 queer, odd , difficult, dangerous ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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