DELICIOUS
delightful, delicious
(adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining; “a delightful surprise”; “the comedy was delightful”; “a delicious joke”
delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy
(adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
Delicious
(noun) variety of sweet eating apples
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious)
Pleasing to taste; tasty.
(colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
(slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.
Synonyms
• See also delicious
Anagrams
• leucosiid, lousicide
Source: Wiktionary
De*li"cious, a. Etym: [OF. delicieus, F. délicieux, L. deliciosus,
fr. deliciae delight, fr. delicere to allure. See Delight.]
1. Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful
to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.
Some delicious landscape. Coleridge.
One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble.
Were not his words delicious Tennyson.
2. Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.
[Obs.]
Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire
themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury. Milton.
Syn.
– Delicious, Delightful. Delicious refers to the pleasure derived
from certain of the senses, particularly the taste and smell; as,
delicious food; a delicious fragrance. Delightful may also refer to
most of the senses (as, delightful music; a delightful prospect;
delightful sensations), but has a higher application to matters of
taste, feeling, and sentiment; as, a delightful abode, conversation,
employment; delightful scenes, etc.
Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay. Smith.
No spring, nor summer, on the mountain seen, Smiles with gay fruits
or with delightful green. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition