scrummy

American  

[skruhm-ee] / ˈskrʌm i /

adjective

Chiefly British Informal.

scrummier, scrummiest

1. scrumptious.

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scrummy British  

/ ˈskrʌmɪ /

adjective

1. delicious; lovely

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Etymology

Origin of scrummy

First recorded in 1910–15; scrum(ptious) + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Tonight’s both look scrummy, with Real Madrid visiting Atalanta and our focus very much on Manchester City’s trip to Mönchengladbach Budapest in search of a logic-defying 19th successive victory.

From The Guardian

He said it was fresh and scrummy!

From Seattle Times

Mr. Wittrock has, too, with a compact résumé of diverse stage and screen roles, most notably as one of Ryan Murphy’s eclectic ensemble, playing Fun House psychos and scrummy vampires in the campy fright fest “American Horror Show.”

From New York Times

Chance writes largely from the points of view of the family’s happy dogs — two corgis named Dookie and Lady Jane, three Labradors named Mimsy, Stiffy and Scrummy, a Tibetan lion dog named Choo-choo, a golden retriever named Judy and a cocker spaniel named Ben — pausing only to praise the owners for being “not merely people who love dogs but warmhearted, human people who, understanding their animals, are therefore understood by them in return.”

From New York Times

I make a citrus-juice caramel sauce that is truly scrummy, as Mary Berry likes to say, though the flavor’s more Jolly Rancher than Sugar Daddy.

From Washington Post