scrumptious

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"Don't feel very scrumptious, and ain't sick neither, kinder so so.

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  1. adjective Splendid; delectable: "Normandy . . . where the bosky landscape is enchanting [and the pen] inadequate to describe the scrumptious food and wine” (Daily Telegraph). See Synonyms at delicious.

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  • While it's packed full of scrumptious, family-friendly recipes, some dating back generations, it's equally a collection of intimate family stories and photos offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at the home lives of two of NASCAR's most celebrated drivers.
  • Food at this culinary equivalent of a speakeasy (eateasy?) is lip-smackingly scrumptious, from the glistening fried prawn cakes right through to the selection of traditional curries. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Gee! fixed up kind o' scrumptious, ain't you? —  The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911
  • They're simply scrumptious--but they do take the edge off one's dinner appetite. —  Midnight
  • That would be just scrumptious, as Bess says Oh, it is too long a journey. —  Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Perhaps alteration of sumptuous.

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  1. Perhaps from scrumpti (on) for scrimpti (on) + -ous, simulating a L. origin.
 

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/ˈskrəmpʃəs/
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