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rumminess

rumminess noun: the quality of being rummy, or odd.

Noun

rumminess (uncountable)

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated) The quality of being rummy, or odd.
    • "Tut!" said old Bittlesham. "Tut is right," I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. "But if you haven't dropped a parcel over the race," I said, "why are you looking so rattled?"1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves

Origin of rumminess

From rummy + -ness.

Questions about rumminess

What does rumminess mean?
Rumminess means the quality of being rummy, or odd.
What part of speech is rumminess?
Rumminess is a noun.

Words near rumminess in the dictionary

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

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