luscious
/ˈlʌʃəs/
luscious adjective: sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.
Adjective
luscious (comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious)
- Sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.
- Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks.1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- toothsome, ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicious, delish, exquisite, finger-lickin' good, flavorful
- Sexually appealing; seductive.
- With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature.1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
- Obscene.
- Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected.1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
luscious meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
luscious in Urdu
- خوشگوار, لذیذ, شہوت انگیز
luscious in Bengali
- সুস্বাদু, রসালো, অত্যন্ত তৃপ্তিদায়ক
luscious in Malayalam
- നല്ല സ്വാദും വാസനയുമുളള, സ്വാദിഷ്ടമായ, കാമോദ്ദീപകമായ, അതിമധുരമായ
luscious in Kannada
- ಬಲು ಸಿಹಿಯಾದ, ಬಹು ಮಧುರ, ಸುವಾಸನೆಯ, ಘಮಘಮಿಸುವ, ಬಹಳ ರುಚಿಯಾದ, ಅತಿ ಮನೋಹರವಾದ
Examples of luscious in a sentence
- These delicate melt-in-your mouth cookies have a luscious “peanut buttery” taste without the peanuts.
- Wrap your laughing gear around these luscious Lebanese swamis (meat and spice wrapped in Lebanese bread).
- It’s a luscious, unreal green, like a gumdrop, and covered with tiny bright hairs.
Synonyms of luscious
- toothsome
- ambrosial
- appetizing
- dainty
- delectable
- delicious
- delish
- exquisite
- finger-lickin' good
- flavorful
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Forms of luscious
| comparative | more luscious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most luscious |
| alternative form (obsolete) | lushious |
Origin of luscious
From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) + -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52). An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.
Words formed from luscious
Questions about luscious
- What does luscious mean?
- Luscious means sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.
- What is luscious in Urdu?
- Luscious in Urdu is خوشگوار, لذیذ, شہوت انگیز. See Luscious meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is luscious?
- Luscious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce luscious?
- Luscious is pronounced /ˈlʌʃəs/.
Words near luscious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: luscious (page history and authors); luscious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Luscious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luscious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luscious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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