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lusciousness

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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.
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Noun1.lusciousnesslusciousness - extreme appetizingness
delectability, deliciousness, toothsomeness
appetisingness, appetizingness - the property of stimulating the appetite
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