crambambuli

See also: Crambambuli

English

Alternative forms

• crambambulee

Etymology

Borrowed from German Crambambuli.

Noun

crambambuli (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.
   • 1842, William Howitt, The Student-Life of Germany‎^[1]:

     […] but, in speaking of the different drinks that are consumed in a Kneiping, we must not forget the Crambambuli. In order to prepare this liquor, an earthenware dish is used, into which a sufficient quantity of sugar is poured, and it is then filled up with rum. It is then set fire to; and the company, who sit round the flaming dish, sing—THE CRAMBAMBULI SONG.