zamzawedhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zamzawed_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezamzawed, adj.
First published 2018

zamzawedadjective

English regional (Devon). Now rare.
  1. 1743–
    Of food or a meal: spoiled by overcooking; overdone. Also occasionally: undercooked; = sam-sodden n.
    Quot. 1743 apparently explains the word as a noun, but no other evidence for use as a noun has been found.
    1. 1743
      Zamzod, Devoniensibus est vocabulum satis notum. Iis designat..Cibum nimiâ coctione corruptum... Nam proprie significat Carnem semicoctam. [Translation: Zamzod is a word well known to the inhabitants of Devon. For them it means food spoilt by over-cooking. For it actually means half-cooked meat.]
      E. Lye, Junius's Etymologicum Anglicanum
    2. a1794
      His met was zam-zaw'd and a bowl'd to jouds [i.e. rags].
      M. Palmer, Dialogue in Devonshire Dialect (1837) 12
    3. 1825
      Zamzod, zamzodden, any thing heated for a long time in a low heat so as to be in part spoiled, is said to be zamzodden.
      J. Jennings, Observations Dialects W. England 85
    4. 1880
      Supper won't be a minute afore it's in, and if it's put back now 'twill all be samsawed and not worth eatin'.
      L. Parr, Adam & Eve vol. I. vii. 188
    5. 1892
      I bant agwaine [i.e. am not going] tü ayte this mayte..; tidden 'a'f cüked, 'tez beastly zamzawd trade.
      S. Hewett, Peasant Speech of Devon 152
    6. 1930
      As the supper was liable to be zamzawed, i.e. dried up, if kept longer in the oven, it was decided to begin under another Chairman.
      H. Williamson, Village Book 66
    7. 1998
      I well recall my mother telling us to..get home on time for dinner or ‘twill be zamzawed’.
      Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 22 June 10

zamzawed, adj. was first published in June 2018.

zamzawed, adj. was last modified in July 2023.