scrummy
English
Etymology
Blend of scrumptious + yummy
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌmi
Adjective
scrummy (comparative scrummier, superlative scrummiest)
- (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" […]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:delicious