lusciousness
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lus·cious
(lŭsh′əs)adj.
1. Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See Synonyms at delicious.
2. Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
3. Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; attractive.
4. Archaic Excessively sweet; cloying.
[Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious; see delicious.]
lus′cious·ly adv.
lus′cious·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() appetisingness, appetizingness - the property of stimulating the appetite |
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Translations
حَلاوَة المَذاق
šťavnatost
lækkerhedsaftighed
e-î sem er gómsætt
lezzettatlılık
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lusciousness
n → Köstlichkeit f; (of fruit also) → Saftigkeit f; (of colour) → Sattheit f; (of girl) → knuspriges or appetitliches Aussehen (inf); (of figure) → Üppigkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
luscious
(ˈlaʃəs) adjective very sweet, juicy and delicious. a luscious peach.
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