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luscious

American  
[luhsh-uhs] / ˈlʌʃ əs /

adjective

  1. highly pleasing to the taste or smell.

    luscious peaches.
    Synonyms:
    palatable, delectable
    Antonyms:
    unpalatable, disgusting

  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.

luscious British  
/ ˈlʌʃəs /

adjective

  1. extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell

  2. very attractive

  3. archaic cloying

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Related Words

See delicious.

Other Word Forms

  • lusciously adverb
  • lusciousness noun
  • overluscious adjective
  • overlusciously adverb
  • overlusciousness noun

Etymology

Origin of luscious

1375–1425; late Middle English lucius, unexplained variant of licius, aphetic variant of delicious

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