Rumminess

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being rummy, or odd. UK, colloquial, dated, uncountable

    ""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?""

Example

More examples

""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?""

Etymology

From rummy + -ness.

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