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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lus•cious /ˈlʌʃəs/USA pronunciation adj. - highly pleasing to the taste or smell:sweet, luscious peaches.
- richly satisfying to the senses or the mind:the luscious style of his poetry.
- sexually attractive:a luscious body.
lus•cious•ly, adv. lus•cious•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lus•cious (lush′əs),USA pronunciation adj. - highly pleasing to the taste or smell:luscious peaches.
- richly satisfying to the senses or the mind:the luscious style of his poetry.
- richly adorned;
luxurious:luscious furnishings. - arousing physical, or sexual, desire;
voluptuous:a luscious figure. - sweet to excess;
cloying.
- late Middle English lucius, unexplained variant of licius, aphetic variant of delicious 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delectable, palatable. See delicious.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disgusting, unpalatable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: luscious /ˈlʌʃəs/ adj - extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell
- very attractive
- archaic cloying
Etymology: 15th Century lucius, licius, perhaps a shortened form of deliciousˈlusciously adv ˈlusciousness n |