单词 | rumming |
释义 | † rummingn. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: sexual intercourse.With playful allusion to John Skelton's poem The tunnyng of Elynour Rummynge (1545), and possibly also to the promiscuous Elinor in George Gascoigne's Discourse of the Aduentures passed by Master F.I. (1573). Cf. riff-raff n.2 2. It is unclear whether a pun is intended. ΚΠ 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. D3 The Poet is bribde..before my Lord goe to bed yet, to hold him halfe the night with riffe, raffe, of the rumming of Elanor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1600 |
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