scrumptious

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskrəm(p)ʃəs/ Hyphenation: scrump‧tious === Adjective === scrumptious (comparative more scrumptious, superlative most scrumptious) (originally US, informal) Of food: delectable, delicious. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:delicious Antonym: unscrumptious Of a person or thing: excellent, wonderful; also, very aesthetically pleasing or attractive; good enough to eat. (obsolete, rare) Fastidious, picky. Very small; tiny. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === [John Camden Hotten] (1859), “SCRUMPTIOUS”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 88: “nice, particular, beautiful. Suffolk, scrumshus, stingy.” Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SCRUMPTIOUS, adj.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 292, column 1: “mean, stingy, close-fisted.”