Word Study
rummy
CIDE DICTIONARY
rummy, a.
Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor. [1913 Webster]
rummy, n.
One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person. [1913 Webster]
Strange; odd. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rummy, n. a card-game played usu. with two packs, in which the players try to form sets and sequences of cards.
rummy, adj. Brit. colloq. = RUM(2).
THESAURUS
rummy
bizarre, boozehound, boozer, bottle sucker, bum, curious, drunk, eccentric, elbow bender, ginhound, guzzler, hooch hound, inebriate, lush, lusher, odd, oddball, peculiar, queer, rum, rum hound, singular, soak, souse, sponge, stew, swillbelly, swillbowl, swiller, swillpot, tippler, winoFor further exploring for "rummy" in Webster Dictionary Online