Room vs Goom - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between room and goom

is that room is joy, happiness while goom is (now|chiefly|dialectal) a man or goom can be heed; attention; notice; care or goom can be or goom can be alcohol methylated spirits.

room

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) roum, rom, rum, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) rome, from (etyl) .

Adverb

(en adverb)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

(nautical) Off from the wind.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) roum, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l). Apparently an exception to the , which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation , but /a?/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English.

Noun

(en noun)

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) I:

Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place.

* 1748 , (Samuel Richardson), (Clarissa) :

Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.

(label) Space for'' something, or ''to carry out an activity.

* 2010 , Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian , 27 Aug 2010:

He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.

(label) A particular portion of space.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Overbury) (c.1581-1613)

If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) xiv. 8

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room .

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.

* 2010 , Roger Bootle, The Telegraph , 12 Sep 2010:

There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.

(label) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

(label) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice) :

Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room .

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room', at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a '''room''' like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a ' room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

(label) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.

* , chapter=6

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room . I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}

(label) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

(label) An area for working in a coal mine. (jump)

(label) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. (jump)

Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) ii. 22

When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.

* (rfdate) (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Let Bianca take her sister's room .

Quotations

* (English Citations of "room")

Synonyms

* (jump) elbow room, legroom, space * (jump) chamber, quarters * (jump) chamber * See also

Derived terms

* art room * AV room * backroom * ballroom * bathroom * bedroom * billiards room * blue room * boardroom * boiler room * box-room * break room * changing room * chat room * classroom * clean my room * cold room * common room * computer room * control room * copy room * courtroom * cutting room * darkroom * delivery room * dining room * discussion room * display room * dormroom * dressing room * elbow room * elephant in the room * embalming room * emergency room * engine room * examination room * fitting room * Florida room * front room * game room * get a room * giftwrapping room * green room * guest room * headroom * inner room * in the room * lamp room * laundry room * legroom * living room * locker room * lunchroom * map room * meditation room * meeting room * mud room * music room * need a room * newsroom * no room at the inn * operating room * padded room * panic room * plant room * play room * pool room * powder room * prep room * press room * private room * pump room * reading room * ready room * recording room * reptile room * romper room * room and board * room at the top * room for abuse * room for apology * room for dessert * room for error * room for improvement * room service * room to breathe * room to grow * room to roam * room with a view * roommate * roomie * roomy * rubber room * rumpus room * save room * school room * science room * screening room * sewing room * showroom * sitting room * sound room * spare room * standing room only * steam room * storeroom * strong room * study room * sunroom * the other room * the upper room * upstairs room * viewing room * waiting room * war room * washroom * weightroom * wiggle room * work the room * workroom

Verb

To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

Derived terms

* roomer * room together * roomy

Statistics

External links

* (wikipedia "room")

Anagrams

* * 1000 English basic words ----

goom

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) goom, gome, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* gome, gom

Noun

(en noun)

(rfv-sense) (now, chiefly, dialectal) A man.

*1515 , the Scottish Field:

The king was glade of that golde, that the gome brought, And promised him full pertly, his part for to take, [...]

* {{quote-magazine

, date= , year=1860 , month=May , first= , last= , author=various , coauthors= , title=Reviews and Literary Notices , volume=5 , issue=31 , page= , magazine=Atlantic Monthly , publisher=Project Gutenberg , issn= citation , passage=… at it would be quite as inconvenient to explain that the termination _goom _ was a derivation from the Anglo-Saxon _guma_ as that it was a corruption of it; … }}

* {{quote-book

, year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Barry J. Blake , title=All About Language: A Guide , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Oxford University Press , isbn=9780191622830 , page= , passage=Similarly bridegroom'' was originally ''bridegoom'', where ''goom'' meant 'man'.'' … It was changed to ''groom'', though a ''bridegroom does not normally groom the bride. }}

* {{quote-web

, date=2011-05-08 , year= , first= , last= , author=Jan Freeman , authorlink= , title=Here comes the goom , site=Boston Globle citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=Groom'' for ''bridegroom'' has been called inelegant, but it’s surely an improvement on ''goom . }}

(rfv-sense) (obsolete) lord; Lord; God.

Derived terms

* (l)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) gome, gome, from (etyl) gaumr, . More at (l).

Noun

(-)

(rfv-sense) Heed; attention; notice; care.

Etymology 3

A dialectal variant of (m).

Noun

(en noun)

* 1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary'':

November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst.

* 1833 , Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth , volume 2, page 5:

"I'm cutting the goom ," replied the student.

"You've got the wrong tooth," roared the man.

* 1898 , The Outlook , page 69:

Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it."

* 1907 , William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases :

Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.

* 1949 , Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic , the journal of the Ticonium Company:

"And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom ’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?"

* 1973 , Northwest dentistry , volume 52, page 94:

Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.

(rfv-sense) Blunted teeth on a saw.

* {{quote-book
, year=1823 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Edward Moor , title=Suffolk Words and Phrases , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=J. Loder for R. Hunter , isbn= , page=522 , passage=The portion so blunted is called the goom'''''. When the teeth are so worn down by use , as to be almost as low as those broken off, the saw requires '''''gooming . }}
* 1984 , The Huntington Library quarterly , volume 47, page 144:

Goom. In a blacksmith's bill just brought to me is this item. "A saw goom'd—6d." On enquiry he said that "the goom'' had ''riz'', and ta wanted ''goomin ."

Etymology 4

Noun

(-)
Alcohol methylated spirits.

* 1988 , Ruby Langford, ?Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town , page 106:

I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom ?'
* 1993 , Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic'', in ''The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook (ISBN 0868402370), page 107

THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.

BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.

* 2000 , Herb Wharton, Unbranded (ISBN 0702244678)

"No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom ."

* 2007 , James Maxey, Bitterwood (ISBN 184416487X), page 181:

He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom', a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. The ' goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.

* 2009 , Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee (ISBN 1416594590), page 200:

Zillman: "And he also had some goom , didn't he?"

Kidner: "Yeah, methylated spirits."

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