rummer
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Partly from Dutch roemer, rummer (West Flanders); partly from Middle Low German römer; partly from German Römer (“Roman person or thing”), named because it was made in glassworks dating from the Roman era. See also roemer; and for the etymology compare Romeware.
Noun edit
rummer (plural rummers)
- A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem. [from 17th c.]
- 1793, James Boswell, “Journals 1789–1795”, in Danziger, Brady, editors, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 241:
- I won, and regaled myself with cold roast beef and rummers of punch.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
rummer
- comparative form of rum: more rum
Danish edit
Verb edit
rummer