-licious

suffix

Etymology

Rebracketing of delicious.

Definitions

  1. Used to form intensified adjectives indicating deliciousness, from nouns and adjectives.

    • If you prefer your burgers hot and spicy, then add the jalapeño seeds to this veggie-licious wrap.
    • It is packed with families dining under the live oaks at wooden picnic tables on food that is simply burgerlicious and better for dad's soul than nightly chicken
    • The best sellers, day to day, month to month, no matter the season, were apricot chicken tenders, sesame noodles, and pasta nests. Here are three pasta-licious nests, adapted for your home production kitchen.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA