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
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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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.
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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?
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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?!?!
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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)
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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)
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Le Viette can only be described as scrumptious and tasty.
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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.
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He and my mother really hit it off, and when they were comparing reading taste, he charmed her by pronouncing Barth's prose "scrumptious".
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Whit, our self-described "scrumptious" seminarian in Ohio, needs a lead on finding himself a trench coat for under $100.
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I'm never gonna live that 'scrumptious' comment down, am I?
BrainyBabe commented on the word scrumptious
"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