rumbo

See also: Rumbo

English

Etymology

Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ

Noun

rumbo (uncountable)

1. (now rare, archaic) A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […] .

   • 1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     Will you have a can of flip, or a jorum of hot rumbo?

Anagrams

• Borum, Mbour, Umbro-

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rhombus (“rhombus”), based on the use of a rhombus to indicate directions on a map; it forms a doublet with rombo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrumbo/ [ˈrũm.bo]
• Rhymes: -umbo
• Syllabification: rum‧bo

Noun

rumbo m (plural rumbos)

1. course

   Synonyms: recorrido, ruta

2. heading, bearing

Derived terms

• rumbear
• rumbón
• rumboso

Further reading

• “rumbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10