adjective · rare

scrumptious

scrump·tious

scrumptious · more scrumptious · most scrumptious

добрий, смачний

вкусный, лакомый

lecker, köstlich, schmackhaft

Of food: delectable, deliciousOf food: delectable, delicious.

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UK/ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/US/ˈskrəm(p)ʃəs/

» The food was scrumptious.

Meaning

4 senses

(informal)Of food: delectable, delicious.
What a scrumptious treat!
delikat, lecker
изы́сканныйizýskannyj, великоле́пныйvelikolépnyj, восхити́тельныйvosxitítelʹnyj
(informal)Of a person or thing: excellent, wonderful; also, very aesthetically pleasing or attractive; good enough to eat.
(informal, obsolete, rare)Fastidious, picky.
(informal, obsolete, rare)Very small; tiny.

More definitions

extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Examples

5 sentences

The food was scrumptious.
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These lemon and almond tarts are scrumptious.
ruЭти лимонно-миндальные пирожные восхитительны.
deDiese Zitronen-Mandel-Törtchen sind köstlich.
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Peanut butter cookies and milk taste scrumptious.
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Mary makes some scrumptious-tasting ribs and potatoes.
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Ella baked a scrumptious pie.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

of food: delectable, delicious — see also delectable, delicious:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of food: delectable, delicious — see also delectable, delicious:

Origin

Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious

Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after scrimption (“small portion, little bit, scrap”). If that hypothesis is true, then scrumpy may be related, via roots referring to little amounts. Douglas Harper instead derives the word from sumptuous. As the early cites in British English have a clearly different sense from the early cites in American English, only to merge together later, it may be that there were originally two unrelated words.

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