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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 [lush-uss]
Adjective
1. extremely pleasurable to taste or smell
2. very attractive [perhaps short for delicious]
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
adjective 2. delicious, sweet, juicy, rich, honeyed, savoury, succulent, palatable, mouth-watering, delectable, yummy (slang) scrumptious (informal) appetizing, toothsome, yummo Austral. (slang)
Translations
Spanish luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adjdelicioso
French luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adjsucculent(e)appétissant(e)
German luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adj (= attractive) → fantastisch; [food] → köstlich, lecker
Italian luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adjsucculento/a; delizioso/a

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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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