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delicious

/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ UK
/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ US
/də-/ US
/di-/ US

Rhymes with -ɪʃəs

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Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.?

Proto-Italic *lakjō

Latin laciō

Latin dēliciō

Latin dēliciae

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Late Latin dēliciōsusbor.

Anglo-Norman deliciousbor.

Middle English delicious

English delicious

From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).

adjective more delicious · most delicious

Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. It was quite dark by the time Tarzan had gorged himself. Ah, but it had been delicious! Never had he quite accustomed himself to the ruined flesh that civilized men had served him, and in the bottom of his savage heart there had constantly been the craving for the warm meat of the fresh kill, and th
colloquial, figuratively Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind. The irony is delicious!
slang Having tremendous sex appeal.

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