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butterscotchy en · ADJ

Etymology

From butterscotch + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of butterscotch.
   • The yeast seems to take up some of the malolactic bug by-products, especially diacetyl, and therefore reduces that butterscotchy aroma. 1994, Dennis Schaefer, Vintage talk: conversations with California's new winemakers:
   • An unmissable shoot 'em up. As addictive as Angel Delight and twice as butterscotchy. 1989, Duncan Macdonald, R-Type (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 37, January 1989

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Synonyms

butterscotchlike