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lus⋅cious

  [luhsh-uhs]
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–adjective
1. highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
2. richly satisfying to the senses or the mind: the luscious style of his poetry.
3. richly adorned; luxurious: luscious furnishings.
4. arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous: a luscious figure.
5. sweet to excess; cloying.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME lucius, unexplained var. of licius, aph. var. of delicious

Related forms:
lus⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
lus⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. delectable, palatable. See delicious.

Antonyms:
1. disgusting, unpalatable.
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lus·cious   (lŭsh'əs)   
adj.  
  1. Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See Synonyms at delicious.
  2. Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; seductive.
  3. Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
  4. Archaic Excessively sweet; cloying.

[Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious; see delicious.]
lus'cious·ly adv., lus'cious·ness n.
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Luscious

Lus"cious\, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. Lush, Lusty.]

1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.

And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. --Dryden.

2. Cloying; fulsome.

He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. --Jeffrey.

3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- Lus"cious*ly, adv. -- Lus"cious*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : luscious
Spanish: suculento,
German: köstlich,
Japanese: おいしい
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luscious 
c.1420, variant of licius, which is perhaps a shortening of delicious.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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