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de⋅li⋅cious

  [di-lish-uhs]
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–adjective
1. highly pleasing to the senses, esp. to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
2. very pleasing; delightful: a delicious sense of humor.
–noun
3. (initial capital letter) a red or yellow variety of apple, cultivated in the U.S.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < LL dēliciōsus, equiv. to L dēliciae delight + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
de⋅li⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
de⋅li⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. palatable, savory, delectable, dainty, delicate. Delicious, luscious refer to that which is especially agreeable to the senses. That which is delicious is highly agreeable to the taste or sometimes to the smell: a delicious meal. Luscious implies such a luxuriant fullness or ripeness as to make an object rich: a luscious banana; a luscious beauty; luscious music.

Antonyms:
1. unpleasant.
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de·li·cious   (dĭ-lĭsh'əs)   
adj.  

  1. Highly pleasing or agreeable to the senses, especially of taste or smell.

  2. Very pleasant; delightful: a delicious revenge.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin dēliciōsus, pleasing, from Latin dēlicia, pleasure : dē-, intensive pref.; see de- + lacere, to entice.]
de·li'cious·ly adv., de·li'cious·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean very pleasing to the sense of taste: a delicious pâté; ambrosial fruit salad; delectable raspberries; luscious chocolate bonbons; a scrumptious peach; a toothsome apple; yummy fudge.
De·li·cious   (dĭ-lĭsh'əs)   
n.  A variety of sweet apple whose flesh is often streaked with yellow and red.
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Word Origin & History

delicious 
c.1300, from O.Fr. delicieus, from L.L. deliciosus "delicious, delicate," from L. delicia (pl. deliciæ) "a delight," from delicere "to allure, entice," from de- "away" + lacere "lure, deceive." As a name of a type of apple, attested from 1903, first grown by Jesse Hiatt of Iowa, U.S.A. Colloquial shortening delish is attested from 1920.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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