and posits that it could instead have been formed by combining the verbscrimp, meaning “to be frugal or stingy,” with the adjective suffix-ious. (Scrimptionmeaning “a tiny amount or pittance” could be a relation.) How could a word with such a meaning lead to the wholly positivescrump...
(Scrimption meaning “a tiny amount or pittance” could be a relation.) How could a word with such a meaning lead to the wholly positive scrumptious? The OED points to a similar path taken by the word nice, which began as a word meaning “wanton or lacking restraint” and is now, ...
superb has a similar meaning to great, but is more emphatic. (stronger.)@dijekgot it!
far wordier thanTake Ivy. These clothes have meaning: they were what women choose to wear at a time when women began to live independent, modern lives. At times Tuite’s connections between wider fashion trends and the university students come...
In Greece, we love to eat, on any occasion, and Christmas is no exception. One of our favorite Christmas duets is melomakarona and kourabiedes. No seriously, these two eternal lovers are always together in every festive food tray and, tragically, they always die in the end… as we crun...
The meaning of SCRUMPTIOUS is delightful, excellent; especially : delicious. How to use scrumptious in a sentence. Did you know?
scrumptious(adj.) 翻译成: 简体中文 (Chinese) 1833, American English, in countrified humor writing of "Major Jack Downing" of Maine (Seba Smith), "stylish, splendid, fine;" probably a colloquial alteration (intensification) ofsumptuous. By late 19c. especially of food, "delicious, delightful,...