delicious

CEFRA1

/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a very pleasant taste or smell.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having tremendous sex appeal.

Examples

  • The drinks looked cool and delicious.

  • Who cooked this? It's absolutely delicious.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /də-/
  • /di-/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

  2. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.

More examples

In context

  • Your cake is delicious.

  • The irony is delicious!

  • But the houses are so delicious and the way they're townscaped on to hilly bits is absolutely wonderful.

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Origin

adjective

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 delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).