different between drunkard vs rumdum

English

Alternative forms

• drunkerd (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk +? -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???k?d/

Noun

drunkard (plural drunkards)

1. (somewhat derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• on the wagon
• pioneer
• teetotaller

Related terms

• drunk
• drunkard's walk
• drunken

Translations

English

Pronunciation

Noun

rumdum (plural rumdums)

1. (slang) An habitual drunkard; a stupid person.
   • 1992, Stephen King, Gerald's Game, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, page 142.

     When a fellow comes into the kitchen to freshen his drink and finds the rumdum from up the road with one hand on his wife's behind and the other down the front of her

2. A cocktail made from rum, applejack and lime juice.

Adjective

rumdum

1. (slang) Dulled or incapacitated by alcohol; unconscious; stupid.

   He was rumdum from beer and pills.

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• girumdum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rum.?dum/

Verb

rumdum

1. to remember

   Antonym: lingaw

Icelandic

Verb

rumdum (weak)

1. first-person plural past indicative of rymja