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delicious

[ dih-lish-uhs ]

adjective

  1. highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell:

    a delicious dinner;

    a delicious aroma.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. very pleasing; delightful:

    a delicious sense of humor.



noun

  1. (initial capital letter) a red or yellow variety of apple, cultivated in the U.S.

delicious

/ ɪˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. very appealing to the senses, esp to the taste or smell
  2. extremely enjoyable or entertaining

    a delicious joke

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈdzܲԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·cdzܲ· adverb
  • ·cdzܲ·Ա noun
  • p··cdzܲ adjective
  • hyper··cdzܲ· adverb
  • hyper··cdzܲ·Ա noun
  • v··cdzܲ adjective
  • over··cdzܲ· adverb
  • over··cdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲd·cdzܲ adjective
  • un·cdzܲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of delicious1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin ŧōܲ, equivalent to Latin ŧ “delight” + -ōܲ -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of delicious1

C13: from Old French, from Late Latin ŧōܲ, from Latin ŧ delights, charms, from ŧ to entice; see delight
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Synonym Study

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.
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Example Sentences

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It’s a pale substitute for the delicious tension inherent to deadly cloak-and-dagger exploits.

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“I just tried some foreign Mont Blanc Kit Kats from Japan, delicious. If I’m going chocolate, I’m going Kit Kat, straight from the freezer. For candy, I’m all about sour—Sour Skittles, Warheads.”

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Want to make a living with your delicious cooking?

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Best of all, it comes together in a half hour or less — and it is delicious.

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Here’s the dilemma: Fruits and vegetables are among the neediest of flora because they require lots of nutrients and water to produce the delicious, healthful foods we love to eat.

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How Do You Spell Delicious?

Spelling tips for delicious

The word delicious is hard to spell because it is spelled very differently from the way it is pronounced [ dih-lishuhs .

How to spell delicious: A deli is a place that sells sandwiches with Cheese, Iceberg lettuce, Onions, and Usually Salami (-CIOUS). This tasty sentence reminds you how to spell deli-cious.

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