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rummiest

rummiest is the superlative 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 rummiest

What is rummiest the superlative form of?
Rummiest is the superlative form of rummy.

Words near rummiest in the dictionary

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

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