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Grammar : Adj
Spell : skruhmp-shuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskrʌmp ʃəs



Definition of scrumptious

Origin :
  • 1833, in countrified humor writing of "Major Jack Downing" of Maine (Seba Smith); probably a colloquial alteration of sumptuous. Originally "stylish, splendid;" sense of "delicious" is by 1881. Related: Scrumptiously; scrumptiousness.
  • adj delicious
Example sentences :
  • I will just tie back your gorgeous, scrumptious hair with this ribbon, now.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • Oh, if I could only get a deer this day,” thought he, “how scrumptious it would be!
  • Extract from : « Silver Lake » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • That was the most scrumptious lunch Ive had in a month of Sundays.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin » by Dorothy Wayne
  • Oh, they're scrumptious people, and I expect they will stay all summer.
  • Extract from : « The Dorrance Domain » by Carolyn Wells
  • Oh, Miss Allen, that cider of your'n must be scrumptious stuff.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Brick » by Ann S. Stephens
  • Then they had a most scrumptious meal, by Bettys report at home.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Sophomore » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • If it do prove to be scrumptious they will be so much er it.
  • Extract from : « Vacation with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed
  • "Billy writes your lunches are 'scrumptious,'" ran her mother's letter.
  • Extract from : « The Mary Frances Cook Book » by Jane Earye Fryer
  • Some of the females are quite petite and, as the Americans have it,'scrumptious.'
  • Extract from : « Remarks » by Bill Nye
  • Probably the lumber-yard isn't as scrumptious as all these Greek temples.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis

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