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luscious

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lus·cious  (lshs)
adj.
1. Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See Synonyms at delicious.
2. Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; seductive.
3. Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
4. Archaic Excessively sweet; cloying.

[Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious; see delicious.]

luscious·ly adv.
luscious·ness n.

luscious [ˈlʌʃəs]
adj
1. extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell
2. very attractive
3. Archaic cloying
[C15 lucius, licius, perhaps a shortened form of delicious]
lusciously  adv
lusciousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lusciousluscious - having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
2.lusciousluscious - extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"

luscious
Translations
luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] ADJ [scent, breeze, wine] → delicioso; [fruit] → suculento; [girl] → deliciosa, atractiva

luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adj
[food] → succulent(e), appétissant(e)
[woman] → appétissant(e)

luscious
adj
(= delicious)köstlich, lecker
(= gorgeous) coloursatt; girl, boyzum Anbeißen (inf); figure (= full)üppig; (= pleasing)fantastisch, phantastisch; lipsüppig
(= lush) pasture, vegetationüppig

luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adj (food) → appetitoso/a, succulento/a; (taste, smell) → delizioso/a
a luscious blonde → una bionda appetitosa
luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adj (food) → appetitoso/a, succulento/a; (taste, smell) → delizioso/a
a luscious blonde → una bionda appetitosa

luscious
adj luscious [ˈlaʃəs]
very sweet, juicy and delicious a luscious peach. lekker, oorsoet حُلو المَذاق сочен šťavnatý, lahodný sød; saftig; lækker köstlich χυμώδης suculento imal, mahlakas لذیذ mehevä succulent טָעִים, מָתוֹק अतिमधुर sočan (méz)édes lezat gómsætur succulento おいしい 맛있는 saldus, sultingas salds un sulīgs enak sekali verrukkelijk saftig, søt, lekker soczysty doce zemos сладкий и сочный šťavnatý slasten sočan läcker, delikat หอมหวาน sulu, lezzetli ve çok tatlı 甘美的 пресолодкий شیریں ngọt ngào
n lusciousness
oorsoetheid, aanloklikheid حَلاوَة المَذاق сочност šťavnatost saftighed; lækkerhed die Köstlichkeit γλυκύτητα, η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. χυμώδης exquisitez mahlakus خوشمزگی mehevyys succulence מְתִיקוּת सुस्वादता, मधुरता sočnost zamatosság kelezatan e-ð sem er gómsætt l'essere succulento 美味 감미로움 malonus saldumas salds sulīgums kelazatan verrukkelijkheid saftighet, lekkerhet soczystość doçura suculenţă сочность, приторность šťavnatosť sočnost sočnost läckerhet, yppighet ความหอมหวาน tatlılık, lezzet 甘美 переобтяженість (про стиль) شیرینی sự ngọt ngào


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Up the mountain were wild-orange trees, and now and then Ata would go with two or three women from the village and return laden with the green, sweet, luscious fruit.
It was filled with friandises, with luscious and toothsome bits--the finest of fruits, pates, a rare bottle or two, delicious syrups, and bonbons in abundance.
It was so good to open up one's lungs and take in whole luscious barrels-ful of the blessed God's untainted, dew-fashioned, woodland- scented air once more, after suffocating body and mind for two days and nights in the moral and physical stenches of that intolerable old buzzard-roost
 
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