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luscious

[ luhsh-uhs ]

adjective

  1. highly pleasing to the taste or smell:

    luscious peaches.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. richly satisfying to the senses or the mind:

    the luscious style of his poetry.

  3. richly adorned; luxurious:

    luscious furnishings.

  4. arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous:

    a luscious figure.

  5. sweet to excess; cloying.


luscious

/ ˈ±ôʌʃə²õ /

adjective

  1. extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell
  2. very attractive
  3. archaic.
    cloying
“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

  • ˈ±ô³Ü²õ³ŠŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ±ô³Ü²õ³ŠŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô³Ü²õcŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ±ô³Ü²õcŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ŽÇv±ð°ù·±ô³Ü²õcŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ adjective
  • over·±ô³Ü²õcŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • over·±ô³Ü²õcŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of luscious1

1375–1425; late Middle English lucius, unexplained variant of licius, aphetic variant of delicious
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of luscious1

C15 lucius, licius, perhaps a shortened form of delicious
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Instead, I got luscious set pieces as Hayek and her team explored the various ways women wield — and at times, give up — their power.

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How could it not be the most luscious thing ever?

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Over an infectiously luscious funk production, Saafir’s verse was unlike anything in hip-hop at the time.

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Cooler weather has either arrived where you are or is on the horizo and this is comfort food at its finest — a creamy, dreamy, luscious and easy-to-make French classic.

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She can’t quite believe that luscious green grass has replaced the hundreds of protester tents that filled the field opposite the presidential secretariat.

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