Tumtum

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a hermaphrodite. Judaism

    "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."

  2. 2
    A toombah, a type of small drum used in the traditional music of Antigua and Barbuda.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy, stomach; abdomen”). alt-of, alternative

    ""I much prefer [to drink] hard water, though it ruins the boilers in my house in an incredibly short space of time." Poor dear! I don't suppose she saw the irony of her own contradiction, for her “tumtum” must be stronger than her steam boilers, according to her own story."

  4. 4
    Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”). alt-of, alternative

    "The Civil Surgeon was the first to sustain their attack, as he drove under their trees in his tumtum. Probably a kite had stirred them up just before he passed, but bees are undiscerning creatures when revenge is being sought."

Etymology

From Hebrew טומטום.

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