delicious

English Online Dictionary. What means delicious‎? What does delicious mean?

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dəˈlɪʃəs/, /diˈlɪʃəs/

• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious)

1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
2. (colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
3. (slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• leucosiid, lousicide

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin dēliciōsus, see above.

Adjective

delicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular deliciouse)

1. delicious; tasty
2. noble; courtly; courteous

Declension

Descendants

• French: délicieux
• → English: delicious