delicious

Etymology

From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from deliciō (“I allure, I entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”)

adj

  1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
  2. (colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
    The irony is delicious!
    But the houses are so delicious and the way they're townscaped on to hilly bits is absolutely wonderful. 1986, Patrick Lichfield, Courvoisier's Book of the Best, page 230
  3. (slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.

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