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scrummy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈskɹʌmi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Blend of scrumptious + yummy.

Meanings

1. (UK, childish, colloquial) Delicious.
   • Of course one did get some scrummy things to eat abroad, that cook did not, somehow, produce at home; and the people looked different […] 1930, Ralph Hale Mottram, The English Miss:
   • There's an all day menu, with lots of fish dishes such as fish soup, tuna, and monkfish. Pudding might include a scrummy rosemary panacotta. 2004, Alan Murphy, Scotland:
   • After mopping up the last bits with my scrummy nan breads we settled down to watch the DVD of "The Two Towers" from "Lord of the Rings" […] 2006, Julie Wilson, Our Spanish Winters:

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