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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Luscious \Lus"cious\, adjective [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. {Lush}, {Lusty}.] 1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich. And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. --Dryden. He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. --Jeffrey. 3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- {Lus"cious*ly}, adverb -- {Lus"cious*ness}, noun From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: extreme appetizingness [syn: {delectability}, {deliciousness}, {toothsomeness}] |
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