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# rum

adjective (rum, rummer, rummest); noun (rums)

«rum» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use, British) Strange or odd: «a rum little man». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rum/#m1)
2. A strong drink made from sugar cane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rum/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales and British talk, something strange or puzzling, not the drink; «rum» is an old word for odd

### Examples

- The pedlar was a rum old fellow with a hat full of feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rum/#x1)
- It is a rum thing that the door was open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rum/#x2)
- Captain Hook drank rum from a bottle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rum/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rum» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rum/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rum» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rum.html) on Mova free.