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luscious
English
Alternative forms
- lushious (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of *lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) +? -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52).
An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
luscious (comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious)
- Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
- 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz
- There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
- 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- Sexually appealing; seductive.
- Obscene.
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scrumptious
English
Etymology
Probably an alteration of sumptuous. First noted in 1836, and originally meant "picky, fastidious" or "stylish, splendid": for example, a 1864 dictionary of slang defines it as "nice, particular, beautiful". In the sense of "delicious" – from 1881.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sk??mp.??s/
Adjective
scrumptious (comparative more scrumptious, superlative most scrumptious)
- (informal) Delicious; delectable.
- What a scrumptious treat!
- (informal, obsolete) Picky; fastidious.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:delicious
Translations
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