muttony

The stew had a strong, muttony flavor.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having the flavor or smell of mutton: "muttony" describes something that tastes or smells like the meat of a mature sheep (mutton). It is often used to denote a strong, distinctive, and sometimes unpleasant gaminess associated with mutton.

Usage Examples

• (The stew smelled strongly of cooked mutton.)
• (The roasted meat has an overpowering mutton flavor.)
• (The sauce tasted like mature sheep meat rather than young lamb.)

Advanced Usage

• "a muttony quality": a characteristic or attribute reminiscent of mutton in taste or smell.
  • The broth had a muttony quality that some diners found appealing. (The soup had a distinct, gamey mutton flavor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mutton (noun): the flesh of a mature sheep used as food.
  • We had roast mutton for dinner. (Meat from a grown sheep.)
• Muttony is derived directly from "mutton" with the suffix "-y," meaning "having the qualities of."

Synonyms

• Gamey: having the strong, distinctive taste of wild game or mature meat.
  • The gamey flavor of the muttony dish was too intense for beginners. (Similar to muttony in describing a strong meat taste.)

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms using "muttony," as it is a relatively rare, descriptive adjective. However, it may appear in culinary contexts to characterize meat dishes.