1839 Common School Jrnl. (Boston) 1 May 140 He begs all the world to know that he hath not redness of eyes, nor rumminess nor brandiness of breath, nor flamingness of nose, that he should be degraded by the drunkard's lowest and last name—Sot.

1847 H. Cockburn Some Lett. (1932) 58 The chief thing is the Rum... If there be a plain edge of sweetness—or of sourness—or of rumminess—quash it.

1967 Spectator 11 Aug. 170/3 There is enough of the rumminess left to sharpen up a Cuba Libre.

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 174 Dark rum works well here, too: once it's cooked the rumminess ripens into something more aromatic than boozy.

2003 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Dec. 30 The pina colada is famous..for its irresistible thickness, its coconuty rumminess and a pouf of real whipped cream on top.

1872 Erma's Engagement III. ix. 162 He agreed with Mr. Airey, whose favourite axiom was the ‘rumminess of the females’.

1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 172 This story shows the rumminess of Nubby Tomkins.

1921 G. Alexander Prince Cinderella iii. 46 Malory, with the perfection of butler's blindness alike to our new guest's shabby coat and the rumminess of the aforesaid luggage, took the wheel to the garage.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Oct. vii. 26/4 Clever as these types are, it must be said that the rumminess of real mathematicians tends to be a notch more sophisticated.