yumptious
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of yum + scrumptious
Adjective
[edit]yumptious (comparative more yumptious, superlative most yumptious)
- (slang) delicious, yummy
- 1933, Beatrice Borland, Passports for Asia:
- ...it was an American soda fountain that knew how to produce yumptious milk shakes and the deadliest of sundaes.
- 1970, Jeanne Harman, Harry E Harman, Fielding's guide to the Caribbean, plus the Bahamas:
- Dinner from $3.25 includes fresh bread (baked daily), yumptious island soups...
- 2007, Jeff Bredenberg, How to Cheat at Organizing: Quick, Clutter-Clobbering Ways to Simplify Your Life:
- Select two picnic foods you're famous for—say, your homemade lemonade and those yumptious chocolate-chip cookies—and make those for the picnic.