luscious

[ luhsh-uhs ]

/ ˈlʌʃ əs /

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adjective

highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.

richly satisfying to the senses or the mind: the luscious style of his poetry.

richly adorned; luxurious: luscious furnishings.

arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous: a luscious figure.

sweet to excess; cloying.

Words nearby luscious

lusaka, lusatia, lusatian, luschka's bursa, luschka's duct, luscious, luser, lush, lusher, lushhead, lushy

Origin of luscious

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

SYNONYMS FOR luscious

1 delectable, palatable.

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ANTONYMS FOR luscious

1 disgusting, unpalatable.

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OTHER WORDS FROM luscious

lus·cious·ly, adverblus·cious·ness, nouno·ver·lus·cious, adjectiveo·ver·lus·cious·ly, adverb

o·ver·lus·cious·ness, noun

synonym study for luscious

1. See delicious.

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Examples from the Web for luscious

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The fork end was used to lift sticky sweetmeats out of pottery jars; the spoon end was used to scoop up the luscious syrup.
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And up came Jerry Muskrat, who had found no luscious sweet apples.
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She was the most like him of the four, with her dark hair, and her luscious brown glance.
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The green of trees and grass was luscious; even the shadows were of a translucent purple.
The Princess Passes|Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
Most luscious, too, were the contents of the gunners' frying-pan!
'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914|Maurice Genevoix
At dinner, they devour boiled pastes, called absurdly puddings, garnished with the most luscious sauces.
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British Dictionary definitions for luscious

luscious

/ (ˈlʌʃəs) /

adjective

extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell

very attractive

archaic cloying

Derived forms of luscious

lusciously, adverblusciousness, noun

Word Origin for luscious

C15 lucius, licius, perhaps a shortened form of delicious

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