scrummy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of scrumptious +‎ yummy

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɹʌmi/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌmi

Adjective[edit]

scrummy (comparative scrummier, superlative scrummiest)

  1. (childish or colloquial, UK) Delicious.
    • 1930, Ralph Hale Mottram, The English Miss:
      Of course one did get some scrummy things to eat abroad, that cook did not, somehow, produce at home; and the people looked different []
    • 2004, Alan Murphy, Scotland:
      There's an all day menu, with lots of fish dishes such as fish soup, tuna, and monkfish. Pudding might include a scrummy rosemary panacotta.
    • 2006, Julie Wilson, Our Spanish Winters:
      After mopping up the last bits with my scrummy nan breads we settled down to watch the DVD of "The Two Towers" from "Lord of the Rings" []

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