rumdumadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrʌmdʌm/, U.S.

/ˈrəmˌdəm/

Forms: 1800s– rumdumb, 1900s– rumdum, 1900s– rumdumm.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rum n.², dumb adj.

Etymology: < rum n.² + dumb adj. In sense A. 2 apparently by association with humdrum adj. 1.

North American slang.

A. adj.

1. Stupefied through drink; unconscious; incapacitated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > insensibly drunk

dead drunk1599

to drink (a person) dead drunk1609

paralytic1843

sodden1850

paralysed1870

speechless1881

drunk and incapable1883

dead-oh1889

rumdum1891

passed-out1927

out to it1941

trashed1966

wiped1966

1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11 Sept. 2/4 Rum-dumb,..stupid with continual drinking.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt vii. 99 Don't faint with surprise if some of those rum-dumm liars get one good swift poke from Mike.

1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle i. 15. Cop slugged me from behind, right in the back of the neck... I was rumdum for a long time.

1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xv. 215 He jus' stan's there lookin' at that dead kid. Can't get a word of 'im. Jus' rum-dumb.

1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Sept. 6/1 Mr. Brown had gone on a humdinger of a toot after a lucky find and wound up in bed rumdumb with no fire in his cabin.

2004 W. Hobbs Leaving Protection xv. 134 My mind was rum-dumb from exhaustion.

2. Humdrum, ordinary. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety

humdrum1553

humdrumming1698

humdrummish1731

monotonous1774

samely1799

jog-trot1826

jog-jog1837

jog-trotty1853

same1891

clock-punching1920

monotone1926

samey1929

ho-hum1969

rumdum1973

1973 Newsweek 12 Mar. 96 Ponicsan finds surprising depth and touching delicacy in the rumdum lives he weaves together—dime-store and dinner women, odd-job truckers and coal-mine cripples.

B. n.

A drunkard, esp. one whose faculties are affected by drinking. Hence: a fool, a person lacking ability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker

supper?1529

blow-bowl1530

drunkard1530

drunkera1538

blow-bottle1580

tippler1580

potman1589

red nose1591

sot1592

water rat1593

ply-pot1611

potter1632

pothead1639

pisspot1655

pitcher-man1665

whetter1709

inebriate1794

rummy1843

alcoholic1852

oenomaniac1857

dipsomaniac1858

alcoholizer1880

alcoholist1888

potationist1888

lush1890

rumdum1891

rumhound1895

blacklister1904

dipso1923

rumpot1929

alky1944

juice-head1955

alcohol abuser1965

juicer1967

substance abuser1967

jakey1988

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

asseOE

sotc1000

beastc1225

long-ear?a1300

stock1303

buzzard1377

mis-feelinga1382

dasarta1400

stonea1400

dasiberd14..

dottlec1400

doddypoll1401

dastardc1440

dotterel1440

dullardc1440

wantwit1449

jobardc1475

nollc1475

assheada1500

mulea1500

dull-pate15..

peak1509

dulbert?a1513

doddy-patec1525

noddypolla1529

hammer-head1532

dull-head?1534

capon1542

dolt1543

blockhead1549

cod's head1549

mome1550

grout-head1551

gander1553

skit-brains?1553

blocka1556

calfa1556

tomfool1565

dunce1567

druggard1569

cobble1570

dummel1570

Essex calf1573

jolthead1573

hardhead1576

beetle-head1577

dor-head1577

groutnoll1578

grosshead1580

thickskin1582

noddyship?1589

jobbernowl1592

beetle-brain1593

Dorbel1593

oatmeal-groat1594

loggerhead1595

block-pate1598

cittern-head1598

noddypoop1598

dorbellist1599

numps1599

dor1601

stump1602

ram-head1605

look-like-a-goose1606

ruff1606

clod1607

turf1607

asinego1609

clot-poll1609

doddiea1611

druggle1611

duncecomb1612

ox-head1613

clod-polla1616

dulman1615

jolterhead1620

bullhead1624

dunderwhelpa1625

dunderhead1630

macaroona1631

clod-patea1635

clota1637

dildo1638

clot-pate1640

stupid1640

clod-head1644

stub1644

simpletonian1652

bottle-head1654

Bœotiana1657

vappe1657

lackwit1668

cudden1673

plant-animal1673

dolt-head1679

cabbage head1682

put1688

a piece of wood1691

ouphe1694

dunderpate1697

numbskull1697

leather-head1699

nocky1699

Tom Cony1699

mopus1700

bluff-head1703

clod skull1707

dunny1709

dowf1722

stupe1722

gamphrel1729

gobbin?1746

duncehead1749

half-wit1755

thick-skull1755

jackass1756

woollen-head1756

numbhead1757

beef-head1775

granny1776

stupid-head1792

stunpolla1794

timber-head1794

wether heada1796

dummy1796

noghead1800

staumrel1802

muttonhead1803

num1807

dummkopf1809

tumphya1813

cod's head and shoulders1820

stoopid1823

thick-head1824

gype1825

stob1825

stookiea1828

woodenhead1831

ning-nong1832

log-head1834

fat-head1835

dunderheadism1836

turnip1837

mudhead1838

donkey1840

stupex1843

cabbage1844

morepork1845

lubber-head1847

slowpoke1847

stupiditarian1850

pudding-head1851

cod's head and shoulders1852

putty head1853

moke1855

mullet-head1855

pothead1855

mug1857

thick1857

boodle1862

meathead1863

missing link1863

half-baked1866

lunk1867

turnip-head1869

rummy1872

pumpkin-head1876

tattie1879

chump1883

dully1883

cretin1884

lunkhead1884

mopstick1886

dumbhead1887

peanut head1891

pie-face1891

doughbakea1895

butt-head1896

pinhead1896

cheesehead1900

nyamps1900

box head1902

bonehead1903

chickenhead1903

thickwit1904

cluck1906

boob1907

John1908

mooch1910

nitwit1910

dikkop1913

goop1914

goofus1916

rumdum1916

bone dome1917

moron1917

oik1917

jabroni1919

dumb-bell1920

knob1920

goon1921

dimwit1922

ivory dome1923

stone jug1923

dingleberry1924

gimp1924

bird brain1926

jughead1926

cloth-head1927

dumb1928

gazook1928

mouldwarp1928

ding-dong1929

stupido1929

mook1930

sparrow-brain1930

knobhead1931

dip1932

drip1932

epsilon1932

bohunkus1933

Nimrod1933

dumbass1934

zombie1936

pea-brain1938

knot-head1940

schlump1941

jarhead1942

Joe Soap1943

knuckle-head1944

nong1944

lame-brain1945

gobshite1946

rock-head1947

potato head1948

jerko1949

turkey1951

momo1953

poop-head1955

a right one1958

bam1959

nong-nong1959

dickhead1960

dumbo1960

Herbert1960

lamer1961

bampot1962

dipshit1963

bamstick1965

doofus1965

dick1966

pillock1967

zipperhead1967

dipstick1968

thickie1968

poephol1969

yo-yo1970

doof1971

cockhead1972

nully1973

thicko1976

wazzock1976

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

eight ball-

1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11 Sept. 2/4 Rum-dumb,..an habitual soak.

1905 Bridgemen's Mag. Aug. 19/1 The rum-dums, and ‘hold-ups’ and thugs who hang around labor headquarters and barrel-houses looking for the sucker with money to buy booze with.

1916 G. A. England Pod, Bender & Co. 8 Why don't we lure in some rumdum of an ex-heavyweight.

1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 16 The murmuring rumdums were being let out of the cells to wash.

1960 C. Hamblett in J. Pudney Pick of Today's Short Stories XI. 137 Other drinkers..mocked at him and called him cloth-head, or rumdum, or plain moron.

1974 J. Broad Killdeer i. 36 You start out knowing you're better than the rum-dums around you. Even feel sorry they're not going to be able to sail like you are.

1976 Harper's Mag. July 72/2 I beat the rum-dums but go down before quality players.

1992 S. King Gerald's Game (1993) xv. 194 Comes into the kitchen to freshen his drink and finds the rumdum from up the road with one hand on his wife's behind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rumdum
释义	rumdumadj.n. Brit. /ˈrʌmdʌm/, U.S. /ˈrəmˌdəm/ Forms: 1800s– rumdumb, 1900s– rumdum, 1900s– rumdumm. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rum n.², dumb adj. Etymology: < rum n.² + dumb adj. In sense A. 2 apparently by association with humdrum adj. 1. North American slang. A. adj. 1. Stupefied through drink; unconscious; incapacitated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > insensibly drunk dead drunk1599 to drink (a person) dead drunk1609 paralytic1843 sodden1850 paralysed1870 speechless1881 drunk and incapable1883 dead-oh1889 rumdum1891 passed-out1927 out to it1941 trashed1966 wiped1966 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11 Sept. 2/4 Rum-dumb,..stupid with continual drinking. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt vii. 99 Don't faint with surprise if some of those rum-dumm liars get one good swift poke from Mike. 1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle i. 15. Cop slugged me from behind, right in the back of the neck... I was rumdum for a long time. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xv. 215 He jus' stan's there lookin' at that dead kid. Can't get a word of 'im. Jus' rum-dumb. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Sept. 6/1 Mr. Brown had gone on a humdinger of a toot after a lucky find and wound up in bed rumdumb with no fire in his cabin. 2004 W. Hobbs Leaving Protection xv. 134 My mind was rum-dumb from exhaustion. 2. Humdrum, ordinary. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety humdrum1553 humdrumming1698 humdrummish1731 monotonous1774 samely1799 jog-trot1826 jog-jog1837 jog-trotty1853 same1891 clock-punching1920 monotone1926 samey1929 ho-hum1969 rumdum1973 1973 Newsweek 12 Mar. 96 Ponicsan finds surprising depth and touching delicacy in the rumdum lives he weaves together—dime-store and dinner women, odd-job truckers and coal-mine cripples. B. n. A drunkard, esp. one whose faculties are affected by drinking. Hence: a fool, a person lacking ability. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker supper?1529 blow-bowl1530 drunkard1530 drunkera1538 blow-bottle1580 tippler1580 potman1589 red nose1591 sot1592 water rat1593 ply-pot1611 potter1632 pothead1639 pisspot1655 pitcher-man1665 whetter1709 inebriate1794 rummy1843 alcoholic1852 oenomaniac1857 dipsomaniac1858 alcoholizer1880 alcoholist1888 potationist1888 lush1890 rumdum1891 rumhound1895 blacklister1904 dipso1923 rumpot1929 alky1944 juice-head1955 alcohol abuser1965 juicer1967 substance abuser1967 jakey1988 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11 Sept. 2/4 Rum-dumb,..an habitual soak. 1905 Bridgemen's Mag. Aug. 19/1 The rum-dums, and ‘hold-ups’ and thugs who hang around labor headquarters and barrel-houses looking for the sucker with money to buy booze with. 1916 G. A. England Pod, Bender & Co. 8 Why don't we lure in some rumdum of an ex-heavyweight. 1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 16 The murmuring rumdums were being let out of the cells to wash. 1960 C. Hamblett in J. Pudney Pick of Today's Short Stories XI. 137 Other drinkers..mocked at him and called him cloth-head, or rumdum, or plain moron. 1974 J. Broad Killdeer i. 36 You start out knowing you're better than the rum-dums around you. Even feel sorry they're not going to be able to sail like you are. 1976 Harper's Mag. July 72/2 I beat the rum-dums but go down before quality players. 1992 S. King Gerald's Game (1993) xv. 194 Comes into the kitchen to freshen his drink and finds the rumdum from up the road with one hand on his wife's behind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1891
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