different between contents vs jorum

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?nts/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?nts/
• Hyphenation: con?tents

Noun

contents

1. plural of content

Noun

contents

1. (usually in the plural) That which is contained.
2. (plural only) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.

Translations

Verb

contents

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of content

Anagrams

• Connetts

Catalan

Adjective

contents

1. masculine plural of content

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.t??/
• Homophones: comptant, contant, content

Adjective

contents

1. masculine plural of content

Norman

Adjective

contents

1. masculine plural of content

English

Alternative forms

• joram

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps from the Hebrew name of Joram, who “brought with him [to King David] vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass” (Bible (King James Version), 2 Samuel 8:10; compare Jeroboam); or from Arabic ??????? (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?????m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?o???m/, /?d????m/
• Hyphenation: jo?rum

Noun

jorum (plural jorums)

1. A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).
   • 1773 (first performance), Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy, by Dr. Goldsmith. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-books, by Permission of the Managers. “The lines distinguished by inverted commas, are omitted in the representation.”, London: Printed for the proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, published 1791, OCLC 645786039, Act I, scene ii; republished in Bell's British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, volume IX, London: Printed for, and under the direction of, George Cawthorn, British Library, Strand, 1797, OCLC 472479652, page 19:

     Then come, put the jorum about, / And let us be merry and clever, / Our hearts and our liquors are stout, / Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.

   • 1841, C[harles] Dibdin, Jun., “All in His Glory”, in Charles Dibdin; Thomas [John] Dibdin, Songs, Naval and National, of the Late Charles Dibdin; with a Memoir and Addenda. Collected and Arranged by Thomas Dibdin, Author of “The English Fleet,” “Cabinet,” &c. &c. With Characteristic Sketches by George Cruikshank, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. (Publisher to the Admiralty.), OCLC 558164904, page 268:

     In battle one day, with a jorum of flip, / Jack, while crossing the deck, began reeling, / And fell, for his leg was shot off at the hip, / But the liquor he just saved from spilling.

   • 1988, J[ames] F[arl] Powers, “Priestly Fellowship”, in Wheat that Springeth Green, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 978-0-394-49609-2; republished New York, N.Y.: The New York Review of Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0-940322-24-0, page 175:

     You see, at that time, in the Duchy of Brunswick, or Braunschweig, now part of Germany, it was the custom for friendly groups to drink from the same receptacle, in this case a jorum, or basin—a good idea, rightly understood, in that it made for communitas, or community, […]

2. (figuratively) A large quantity.
3. The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.

Related terms

• jar (possibly related)

References