Luscious
Translation- Luscious
- Luscious Lus"cious, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or
perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. {Lush}, {Lusty}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome;
excessively sweet or rich.
[1913 Webster]
And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. Cloying; fulsome. [1913 Webster]
He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- {Lus"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Lus"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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