deliciousness

  • 51delicious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) highly pleasant to the taste. 2) delightful: a delicious irony. DERIVATIVES deliciously adverb deliciousness noun. ORIGIN Latin deliciosus, from deliciae delight, pleasure …

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  • 52deliciously — delicious ► ADJECTIVE 1) highly pleasant to the taste. 2) delightful: a delicious irony. DERIVATIVES deliciously adverb deliciousness noun. ORIGIN Latin deliciosus, from deliciae delight, pleasure …

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  • 53luscious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste. 2) richly verdant or opulent. 3) (of a woman) sexually attractive. DERIVATIVES lusciously adverb lusciousness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of obsolete licious, shortened form of …

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  • 54lusciously — luscious ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste. 2) richly verdant or opulent. 3) (of a woman) sexually attractive. DERIVATIVES lusciously adverb lusciousness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of obsolete licious, shortened form of …

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  • 55lusciousness — luscious ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste. 2) richly verdant or opulent. 3) (of a woman) sexually attractive. DERIVATIVES lusciously adverb lusciousness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of obsolete licious, shortened form of …

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  • 56delicious — [di lish′əs] adj. [ME < OFr delicieus < L deliciosus < deliciae, delight < OL delicere: see DELICATE] 1. very enjoyable; delightful [a delicious bit of gossip] 2. very pleasing to the senses, esp. to taste or smell n. ☆ [D ] a variety …

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  • 57appetisingness — noun the property of stimulating the appetite • Syn: ↑appetizingness • Ant: ↑unappetizingness (for: ↑appetizingness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑appetising, ↑ …

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  • 58appetizingness — noun the property of stimulating the appetite • Syn: ↑appetisingness • Ant: ↑unappetizingness • Derivationally related forms: ↑appetising (for: ↑appetisingness), ↑ …

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  • 59delectability — noun extreme appetizingness • Syn: ↑deliciousness, ↑lusciousness, ↑toothsomeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑toothsome (for: ↑toothsomeness) • …

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  • 60Delicious — adj. 1 highly delightful and enjoyable to the taste or sense of smell. 2 (of a joke etc.) very witty. Derivatives: deliciously adv. deliciousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL deliciosus f. L deliciae delight …

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