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.
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Origin of luscious
synonym study for luscious
1. See delicious.
OTHER WORDS FROM luscious
Words nearby luscious
Lusaka, Lusatia, Lusatian, Luschka's bursa, Luschka's duct, luscious, luser, lush, lusher, lushhead, Lüshun
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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, nounWord Origin for luscious
C15 lucius, licius, perhaps a shortened form of delicious
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