Bum

Morpheme

Bum

Type

free base

Denotation

loafer, drifter, loiterer, tramp, beg

Etymology

1864 backformation from bummer, from German Bummler, from bummeln

Evidence

bum, bumhood, bummed, bummer, bummest, bumming, bummy, bums

See Also

Bum

Homographs

Bum