Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Luscious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Luscious \Lus"cious\, a. [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.
2. Cloying; fulsome.
He had a tedious, luscious way of talking.
--Jeffrey.
3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. --
{Lus"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Lus"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
luscious
adj 1: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot
mama"; "a voluptuous woman" [syn: {juicy}, {red-hot},
{voluptuous}]
2: extremely pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: {delectable},
{delicious}, {pleasant-tasting}, {scrumptious}, {toothsome},
{yummy}]
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