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单词 rum-ti-too
释义

rum-ti-tooadj.

Brit. /ˌrʌmtɪˈtuː/, U.S. /ˌrəmtiˈtu/
Forms: 1900s– rum-ti-too, 1900s– rumty-too.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative of a drum roll. Compare earlier rum-ti-tum adj.
rare.
Commonplace.
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1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. i. i. 22 Did you ever see such a collection of rumty-too people?
1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery i. i. 9 He was feeling more strongly than ever that Timothy's was hopelessly ‘rum-ti-too’, and the souls of his aunts dismally mid-Victorian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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