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  1. adjective Highly pleasing or agreeable to the senses, especially of taste or smell.
  2. adjective Very pleasant; delightful: a delicious revenge.
  3. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: delicious, ambrosial, delectable, luscious, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy
    These adjectives mean very pleasing to the sense of taste: a delicious pâté; ambrosial fruit salad; delectable raspberries; luscious chocolate bonbons; a scrumptious peach; a toothsome apple; yummy fudge.

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  • My mouth quite waters for a bit of the cake they sent you; I remember Mrs.Dr. J. and others used to send us big loaves which were delicious, and such as I never tasted out of Newark. —  The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
  • The best wine of Johannisberg has the highest reputation; that of Geissenheim is also delicious, and is fast growing in value; Hochheimer Dom, (or houses growing near the village,) is also in great request; and of the hinter-hausen of Rudesheim you have already heard. —  A Residence in France
  • I find the qualifying adjective delicious, and admire the pronounced taste for repose indicated by either side of the alternative. —  What I Remember
  • Also in the dining-room I can still recall the delicious meals prepared by an old-time Southern mammy, who wore her red and yellow turban regally. —  Memories and Anecdotes
  • Friendship, confidence, intimacy, sweetness of disposition, how delicious are your reasonings! —  The Confessions of J J Rousseau
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin dēliciōsus, pleasing, from Latin dēlicia, pleasure : dē-, intensive pref.; see de- + lacere, to entice.

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  1. from Middle English delicious, from Old French delicieus, French délicieux = Provencal delicios = Spanish Portuguese delicioso = Italian delizioso, from Latin deliciosus, delicious, delightful, from deliciœ, delight: see delicate.
 

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