English Explanatory Dictionary

scrumptious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of food: delectable, delicious.
  2. Of a person or thing: excellent, wonderful; also, very aesthetically pleasing or attractive; good enough to eat.
  3. Fastidious, picky.
  4. Very small; tiny.

Pronunciation

/ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/ /ˈskrəm(p)ʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrumptious.wav

Word forms

scrumptious more scrumptious most scrumptious

Etymology

Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after scrimption (“small portion, little bit, scrap”). Douglas Harper instead derives the word from sumptuous. As the early cites in British English have a clearly different sense from the early cites in American English, only to merge together later, it may be that there were originally two unrelated words.

Synonyms

ambrosial appetizing dainty delectable delicious delish exquisite finger-lickin' good flavorful flavorous flavorsome gustful lekker lickerish lip-smacking luscious moreish mouthwatering nummy ono palatable sapid savory scrummy tasteful tasty toothful toothsome yummy

Antonyms

unscrumptious

Related words

appetizing sumptuous tasty tempting

Derived words

delumptious plumptious scrumdiddlyumptious scrummy scrumplicious scrumptiously scrumptiousness scrumtrulescent unscrumptious yumptious
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