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delicious

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a delicious meal ▪ ‘It was a delicious meal,’ Merrill said politely. a delicious smell (= a pleasant smell of food ) ▪ There were delicious smells emanating from the kitchen. delicious ▪ Mango has a delicious flavour. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Pleasing to taste; tasty. 2 (context colloquial English) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Delicious is the second studio album by German pop singer Jeanette . It was released by Universal Records on 12 November 2001 in Germany .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Delicious \De*li"cious\, a. [OF. delicieus, F. d['e]licieux, L. deliciosus, fr. deliciae delight, fr. delicere to allure. See Delight .] Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming. ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300 (implied in deliciously ), from Old French delicios (Modern French délicieux ), from Late Latin deliciosus "delicious, delicate," from Latin delicia (plural deliciae ) "a delight, allurement, charm," from delicere "to allure, entice," from de- "away" ...

Usage examples of delicious.

Riane gave a little moan of longing, and for a delicious moment the kiss consumed them both in a perfumed cloud of citrus and musk.

According to the new division of Italy, the fertile and happy province of Campania, the scene of the early victories and of the delicious retirements of the citizens of Rome, extended between the sea and the Apennine, from the Tiber to the Silarus.

The rice was hot and so was the bowl of delicious stewed tomatoes and two chap atis The water was refreshingly cool and served in a clean glass.

She was vampire and not susceptible to mortals no matter how bedworthy and delicious, but heading her van toward Bringham, she acknowledged the truth.

She sighed with relieved delight when a deep earthenware dish of Boeuf Bourguignon was placed before the Professor, and her nose wrinkled appreciatively at the delicious aroma of steak and pork and onions and the tang of the red wine in which they had been cooking for hours.

Though delicious crusty, yeasty bread is the most wonderful complex carbohydrate in the world, all the breads at Canyon Ranch range from boring to gruesome.

The Chantarelle, Cantharellus cibarius, has the smell of a ripe apricot, a delicious odor and easily detected.

So it has ever been, since I was a child at Cereus House, whipped for disobedience, a delicious languor suffusing my aching flesh.

When the curtain came down for the very last time, he led her out to the car and drove to the Savoy Grill and gave her a delicious supper: lobster thermidor, with a mouthwatering salad, chaudfroid of raspberries and endless coffee and petits fours.

Back in the hotel, right now, in the elevator stopped between the kitchen and the banquet floors, I tell Tyler how I sneezed on the trout in aspic for the dermatologist convention and three people told me it was too salty and one person said it was delicious.

Carrie sat looking out of the window throughout the short journey along Tooley Street, and as the cab took the bend at Dockhead and drove along the wide Jamaica Road she could not stop thinking of the 261 handsome young man who had wined and dined her, and reawakened certain feelings that were both delicious and dangerous.

The Hispaniolians locate their elysium in a pleasant valley abounding with guava, delicious fruits, cool shades, and murmuring rivulets, where they expect to live again with their departed ancestors and friends.

A delicious smell wafted from a porcelain bowl on the tray as Eupraxia set it down.

And what else would one eat at a lakeside inn but the delicious fogas in that secret caper sauce of yours?

Prudence feeling mean as she ate her sole, which was bathed in a delicious sauce and accompanied by croquette potatoes, courgettes in a cream sauce, and tomatoes with a forcemeat stuffing, while her aunt ate boiled fish, one potato and the courgettes without a sauce.