jorum means A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
jorum is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹəm/.
Why “jorum” is a great word
JORUM — [Noun] A large drinking bowl or vessel, especially for punch or similar beverages, or the quantity of liquid such a bowl contains. Its origin is uncertain; perhaps from the biblical name Joram, who brought vessels to King David (2 Samuel 8:10), or possibly from Arabic jarra ("earthen receptacle"). First attested in the mid-1700s. Unlike a beaker—a simple, often clinical cup—or a flagon—a handled, often lidded container for storage—a jorum is an open, generous basin for communal ceremony. It is the heavy cut-glass bowl clouded with lemon-rind and clove, the deep silver vessel whose ladle clinks against its side, and the amber pool catching the low light of a gathering—a vessel for the temporary suspension of solitude.
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from the Hebrew name of Joram, who “brought with him [to King David] vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass” (Bible (King James Version), 2 Samuel 8:10; compare Jeroboam); or from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).
noun
- A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).“Then come, put the jorum about, / And let us be merry and clever, / Our hearts and our liquors are stout, / Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.”
- The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.“To cure you at once of sciatical pains, / That hamper your body in dolorous pains, / And keep you confin'd in your sheets without motion, / Take me two jorams of wine for a potion, / Reserving two glasses by way of a lotion, / Which warm you'll apply to the part that's affected, / Then tip the remainder, as I have directed, / To cure you.”
- A large quantity.“[…] while Miss Skiffins brewed such a jorum of tea, that the pig in the back premises became strongly excited, and repeatedly expressed his desire to participate in the entertainment.”