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   delicious

   /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. highly pleasant to the taste: "delicious home-baked brown bread" Similar mouth-wateringappetizingtastyflavoursomeflavourfuldelectabletoothsomeinvitingvery enjoyablevery palatablesucculentlusciousrichsweetsavourypiquantinformal:scrumptiousdelishscrummyyummyyum-yummoreishpengfinger-lickingnummyliterary:ambrosialrare:ambrosiannectareousnectareanflavoroussapidOpposite inedibleunpalatable
   • ▪ delightful: "a delicious irony" Similar delightfulexquisitedelectablelovelypleasurableextremely pleasant/enjoyableinformal:gloriousheavenlydivineOpposite unpleasanthorrible

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘characterized by sensuous indulgence’): via Old French from late Latin deliciosus, from Latin deliciae (plural) ‘delight, pleasure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deliciousness noun

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   What does delicious mean?

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   What does delicious taste mean?

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   What does Delicioso mean?

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   Where did the word delicious come from?

   • The origins of delicious make perfect sense. The late Latin deliciae means "delight" or "pleasure," so you could say that delicious flavors and delicious foods give delight or pleasure to our taste buds. But let's not limit our pleasures to all things gastronomical.

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