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adjective
1.
highly pleasing to the senses, especially 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.
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Delicious
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin dēliciōsus, equivalent to Latin dēliciae delight + -ōsus -ous
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin dēliciōsus, equivalent to Latin dēliciae delight + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
de·li·cious·ly, adverb
de·li·cious·ness, noun
hy·per·de·li·cious, adjective
hy·per·de·li·cious·ly, adverb
hy·per·de·li·cious·ness, noun
EXPANDo·ver·de·li·cious, adjective
o·ver·de·li·cious·ly, adverb
o·ver·de·li·cious·ness, noun
un·de·li·cious, adjective
un·de·li·cious·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
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.
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.
1. unpleasant.
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Example Sentences
- Plant these six basil varieties together for delicious harvest all summer.
- Adds delicious, warming nourishment to a cold, light meal.
- This is the sort of delicious irony that I love to bookmark.
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Etymonline
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
EXPANDshortening delish is attested from 1920.
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