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luscious

adj
/ˈlʌʃəs/

Etymology

From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) + -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52). An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.

  1. inherited from lusty — “mirthful, pleasant, delicious, delightful”
  2. suffixed as luscious — “lusty + ous”

Definitions

  1. Sweet and pleasant

    Sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.

    • Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks.
    • There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.

  2. Sexually appealing

    Sexually appealing; seductive.

    • With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature.

  3. Obscene.

    • Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected.

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