Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Delicious; luscious: a toothsome pie. See Synonyms at delicious.
- adj. Pleasant; attractive: a toothsome offer.
- adj. Sexually attractive or exciting.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Palatable; pleasing to the taste; relishing.
Wiktionary
- adj. Delicious.
- adj. Sexually attractive.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Grateful to the taste; palatable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- adj. having strong sexual appeal
- adj. acceptable to the taste or mind
Etymologies
- tooth + -some (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Kev's roasted root-veg dish (above) is a huge hit, as is Bryan's goat cheese ravioli, and it's a battle of the short ribs for their meat courses: B's comes fig-glazed and flavorful, while K's ropy - sorry, "toothsome" - presentation with polenta is slightly less well-received.”
“I like to call it toothsome or dense meat," says McLagan.”
“I dislike intensely two words often found in food writing "toothsome" and "veggies".”
“Not sure why, but they both make my skin crawl or in the case of "toothsome", my teeth itch.”
“That funny-looking squash became part of a toothsome sage risotto; the quince jam is delicious on the bread we also bought.”
“We shall have flapjacks fried in bacon grease, and sugar, which is more toothsome —”
“Another superb actor, Bill Nighy—he was the voice of Davy Jones in the "Pirates" films—is Rattlesnake Jake, Rango's toothsome, slithersome nemesis.”
The Wall Street Journal: Lizard Tale 'Rango': Clever, Coldblooded
“Add the remaining collards and cook, covered at first for about half the time and then uncovered until tender but still toothsome.”
The Huffington Post: Ris Lacoste: Easy Like a Sunday Morning
“Therefore, we need the Greenback to gain strength, because our depreciated dollar looks more toothsome to the American consumer.”
Outsourcing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Dracula' 1992 Gary Oldman stars in the toothsome title role of what is also known as "Bram Stoker's Dracula" or "Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula"; the title variants may have been efforts to avoid litigation by Universal Studios, which had laid claim to ownership of the title "Dracula" plain and simple.”
The Wall Street Journal: Nervy 'Young Adult' Dazzles by the Book
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘toothsome’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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EN - archaic words
abide, abjure, abroad, adamant, afield, aforetime, aghast, anon, apace, argent, assuage, aught and 328 more...
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A Toothy List
canine tooth, pin-tooth, stomach-tooth, bulb of a tooth, by the skin of on..., cardinal teeth, clean as a hound'..., elephant's-tooth, toothshell, hake's-tooth, cut one's teeth, lie through one's... and 93 more...
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-some
How I love that old English suffix
tricksome, winsome, meddlesome, handsome, fulsome, lonesome, lovesome, noisome, wholesome, loathsome, cumbersome, lustsome and 16 more...
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Rexicon
brazen, insipid, cuss, penchant, salacious, titillate, lurid, schlemiel, interlope, masquerade, supercilious, action-taking and 51 more...
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Deceptively named words
Words that mean the opposite of what they sound like they mean
pulchritude, enervate, restive, puissant, redoubtable, spendthrift, quean, matriculate, tripping, gainsay, nonplus, prosaic and 12 more...
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yummy
delectable words
literallydelectable, scrumptious, ambrosial, mouthwatering, piquant, juicy, luscious, heavenly, sapid, toothsome, succulent, savory and 10 more...
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feed me
fodder
tripe, trotter, belly, beef, oyster, ei, beanz, ale, bier, jerez, crunch, saliva and 8 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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difficult words
ordure, tatterwallop, callipygian, odious, colophon, cynosure, hardener, emollience, valetudinarian, demonym, volage, polysemantic and 278 more...
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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Sound or sequence
dulcimer, borborygmi, ecchymosis, scrivener, fustilugs, zarf, bawdyhouse, googleable, archfiend, gymkhana, cuckoopint, pilpul and 104 more...
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Wordwild's Delights
Delightful words to read and use
plangent, ribald, titubant, sidereal, pelagic, improvident, dolorous, parlous, baleful, precatory, pied, mephitic and 247 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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Words
Words I like.
jejune, eunoia, swallow, spelunk, milquetoast, echolalia, trumble, toothsome, synecdoche, taciturn, kerfuffle, aleatoric and 98 more...
Tweets
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cutlery This word does not have the definition that it must, and therefore I will redefine it thus: interesting by virtue of texture, having a (or multiple layers of) teeth-massaging texture, interestingly and mysteriously detailed. I want this word to be attached, as I find it to be, to items that are delicious particularly because of their texture as experienced by the teeth, like the tough-crunch to smooth-melt of creme brulet or the gritty soft twisty melting web of cotton candy. It should extend to conversations and other non-food things that are interesting and enjoyable because of their many layers and delicious turns and nuances. And so it is! May 30, 2011
yarb Dontcry has been described as this (see teeth), but in which of the five senses listed by Wordnet? Jul 29, 2008