scrumptious

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably an alteration of sumptuous. First noted in 1836, and originally meant "picky, fastidious" or "stylish, splendid": for example, a 1864 dictionary of slang defines it as "nice, particular, beautiful".^[1] In the sense of "delicious" – from 1881.

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹʌmp.ʃəs/
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Adjective[edit]

scrumptious (comparative more scrumptious, superlative most scrumptious)

(informal) Delicious; delectable.
What a scrumptious treat!
(informal, obsolete) Picky; fastidious.

Synonyms[edit]

See also Thesaurus:delicious

Translations[edit]

delicious; delectable

Dutch: lekker (nl)
Finnish: herkullinen (fi)
French: succulent (fr), délicieux (fr)
German: lecker (de)
Hungarian: ízletes (hu), finom (hu)

Maori: kakato, hāhā, whakawaiwai, makue
Navajo: ayóó áhálniih
Persian: خوش‌مزه‎ (fa) (xoš-maze)
Plautdietsch: scheenschmakjent
Romanian: delicios (ro), gustos (ro)
Russian: великоле́пный (ru) m (velikolépnyj), восхити́тельный (ru) m (vosxitítelʹnyj), изы́сканный (ru) m (izýskannyj)

References[edit]

^ The slang dictionary: or, The vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society. Many with their etymology, and a few with their history traced. J.C. Hotten, 1864. (Google books: page 223 contains "scrumptious")

[slangdic1864-1] The slang dictionary: or, The vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society. Many with their etymology, and a few with their history traced. J.C. Hotten, 1864. (Google books: page 223 contains "scrumptious")

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