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delicious
English
Etymology
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin d?lici?sus (“delicate, delicious”), from d?liciae (“delights”), plural of d?licia (“pleasure”), from delici? (“I allure, I entice”), from de- (“away”) + laci? (“I lure, I deceive”). Displaced native Middle English este (“delicious, favorable”) (from Old English ?ste (“delicious, dainty, luxurious, delicate”)), Middle English wunli, wunlic (“delicious, joyous”) (from Old English wynl?? (“pleasant, beautiful, joyful”)), Old English ?stel?c (“delicious, delicate, dainty”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??l???s/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??l???s/, /di?l???s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious)
- Pleasing to taste; tasty.
- (colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
- The irony is delicious!
- 1986, Patrick Lichfield, Courvoisier's Book of the Best (page 230)
- But the houses are so delicious and the way they're townscaped on to hilly bits is absolutely wonderful.
- Jones had not travelled far before he paid his compliments to that beautiful planet, and, turning to his companion, asked him if he had ever beheld so delicious an evening?
- (slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:delicious
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- leucosiid, lousicide
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin d?lici?sus, see above.
Adjective
delicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular deliciouse)
- delicious; tasty
- noble; courtly; courteous
Declension
Descendants
- English: delicious
- French: délicieux
delicious From the web:
- what delicious mean
- what delicious food
- what's delicious in spanish
- what's delicious in italian
- what's delicious in korean
- what's delicious in french
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- what's delicious in japanese
yummy
English
Etymology
yum +? -y
Pronunciation
- enPR: y?m'?, IPA(key): /?j?m.i/
- Rhymes: -?mi
Adjective
yummy (comparative yummier, superlative yummiest)
- (colloquial, lighthearted, often childish) Delicious.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:delicious
- Antonyms: (childish) yucky; see also Thesaurus:unpalatable
Derived terms
- yummy mummy
- scrummy
Related terms
- yum
Translations
Noun
yummy (plural yummies)
- (slang) Ellipsis of yummy mummy
See also
- yummies
yummy From the web:
- what yummy means
- what yummy song is about
- what's yummy for dinner
- what's yummy in spanish
- justin bieber yummy
- what yummy mummy am i
- what yummy food to eat
- what's yummy tummy
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