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rummier

rummier is the comparative form of rummy.

Meaning of rummy

Adjective

rummy (comparative rummier, superlative rummiest)

  1. Resembling or tasting of rum.
    • a rummy flavour
  2. (Australia, UK, colloquial, dated) Peculiar; odd.
    • ‘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

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Questions about rummier

What is rummier the comparative form of?
Rummier is the comparative form of rummy.

Words near rummier in the dictionary

  1. rummer
  2. rummeries
  3. rummers
  4. rummery
  5. rummest
  6. rummier
  7. rummies
  8. rummiest
  9. rummily
  10. rumminess
  11. rummish

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