Delicious
adj, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 variety of sweet eating apples wordnet
- 1 Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
"It was quite dark by the time Tarzan had gorged himself. Ah, but it had been delicious! Never had he quite accustomed himself to the ruined flesh that civilized men had served him, and in the bottom of his savage heart there had constantly been the craving for the warm meat of the fresh kill, and the rich, red blood."
- 2 Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind. colloquial, figuratively
"The irony is delicious!"
- 3 Having tremendous sex appeal. slang
- 1 greatly pleasing or entertaining wordnet
- 2 extremely pleasing to the sense of taste wordnet
Example
More examples"The drinks looked cool and delicious."
Etymology
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).
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