muttony

English

Etymology

From mutton +‎ -y.

Adjective

muttony (comparative more muttony, superlative most muttony)

1. Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
   • 1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume 17, page 137:

     I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]

Derived terms

• muttoniness