delicious adj

1 greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke" [syn: delightful]

2 extremely pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy] n : variety of sweet eating apples

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

delicious (: more delicious, : most delicious)

1. Pleasing to taste; tasty.

Translations

Derived terms

• deliciously
• deliciousness

Delicious is a term meaning "highly pleasing or delightful", normally in the context of flavour.

It can also refer to a number of things, including the following:

• A variety of apples, namely Red Delicious and Golden Delicious
• The social bookmarking website del.icio.us
• Cataloging software Delicious Library.
• Delicious Vinyl, a record label
• Delicious!, a manga by Yui Ayumi.
• Delicious, a novelty recording by Jim Backus.
• a free font by Jos Buivenga

References

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