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tumtums

tumtums is the plural of tumtum.

Meaning of tumtum

Noun (1)

tumtum (plural tumtums)

  1. (Judaism) One whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a hermaphrodite, possibly intersex.
    • Therefore, if a man died leaving a son and a tumtum or a hermaphrodyte, the son inherits everything, since the heirship of the tumtum or of the hermaphrodyte is doubtful.1949 (printing), Maimonides, The Code of Maimonides: The Book of Civil Laws, p. 273
  2. (Judaism, broadly, rare) A Jewish person who is also non-binary and/or intersex.

Noun (2)

tumtum (plural tumtums)

  1. A toombah, a type of small drum used in the traditional music of Antigua and Barbuda.

Questions about tumtums

What is tumtums the plural of?
Tumtums is the plural of tumtum.

Words near tumtums in the dictionary

  1. tums
  2. tumshie
  3. tumshies
  4. tumstatin
  5. tumtum
  6. tumtums
  7. tumular
  8. tumulary
  9. tumulate
  10. tumulated
  11. tumulates

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