butterscotchy

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of butterscotch.

Similar
butterscotchlike
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Meanings

adjectivebutterscotchy (comparative more butterscotchy, superlative most butterscotchy)

comparative more butterscotchy · superlative most butterscotchy

  1. Resembling or characteristic of butterscotch.

    An unmissable shoot 'em up. As addictive as Angel Delight and twice as butterscotchy.

    1989, Duncan Macdonald, R-Type (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 37, January 1989
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    The yeast seems to take up some of the malolactic bug by-products, especially diacetyl, and therefore reduces that butterscotchy aroma.

    1994, Dennis Schaefer, Vintage talk: conversations with California's new winemakers

    Synonyms: butterscotchlike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of butterscotch.

Similar
butterscotchlike
Also see
butterscotchlike

Origin

From butterscotch + -y.

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APA

butterscotchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterscotchy

MLA

“butterscotchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterscotchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butterscotchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterscotchy.

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