Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Greatly pleasing to the taste; delectable. synonym: delicious.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fine; nice; particular; fastidious.
  • Delightful; first-rate: as, scrumptious weather.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Slang Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Delicious; delectable

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps alteration of sumptuous.]

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Probably an alteration of sumptuous. First noted in 1836. Originally meant "stylish, splendid". For example, a 1864 dictionary of slang lists the meanings of "nice, particular, beautiful". In the sense of "delicious" - from 1881.

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Examples

  • Not only would I not have even known what a scone was had he not made some for me, but I have got no place using the word scrumptious in every day conversations.

    aleighk21 Diary Entry aleighk21 2005

  • Amyless - scrumptious is definitely the word I would use to describe Zach:) We have had a a little Zach teaser before now, haven't we?

    Weekly Catchup Nalini Singh 2008

  • Is it just me or I just didn’t know that the bishie goddess from scrumptious is actually Filipino; biankita is also one; and also you hazy?!?!

    AniCon 2008 and some goodies! « Undercover 2008

  • For those of you who've never had pumpkin butter before, you're pretty much guaranteed to love it... unless you don't go for things that are completely scrumptious, that is.

    Organic Authority.com: Make Your Own Pumpkin Butter (and a List of Ways to Enjoy It) Organic Authority.com 2011

  • For those of you who've never had pumpkin butter before, you're pretty much guaranteed to love it... unless you don't go for things that are completely scrumptious, that is.

    Organic Authority.com: Make Your Own Pumpkin Butter (and a List of Ways to Enjoy It) Organic Authority.com 2011

  • Le Viette can only be described as scrumptious and tasty.

    phillyBurbs.com 2008

  • For example, I now know the proper definition of "scrumptious," have been reminded that Ian Fleming wrote the book on which the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was based, and have learned that "Truly Scrumptious" does not appear in the book, but was invented for the film.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • He and my mother really hit it off, and when they were comparing reading taste, he charmed her by pronouncing Barth's prose "scrumptious".

    Cat Rambo catrambo 2008

  • Whit, our self-described "scrumptious" seminarian in Ohio, needs a lead on finding himself a trench coat for under $100.

    Archive 2006-10-22 PeaceBang 2006

  • I'm never gonna live that 'scrumptious' comment down, am I?

    Trench Coat Leads PeaceBang 2006

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  • "How scrumptious!" she cried. "I say, you must come and stay with us. Come now!" - ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.

    December 24, 2008