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The definition of scrumptious is something really delicious, appetizing or attractive to the taste.

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An example of something that would be described as scrumptious is a delicious and decadent dessert.

See scrumptious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Informal very pleasing, attractive, etc., esp. to the taste; delicious

Origin: altered < sumptuous

Related Forms:

scrumptiously adverb
scrumptiousness noun

See scrumptious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration of sumptuous

Related Forms:

scrumpˈtious·ly adverb

scrumpˈtious·ness noun

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