A luscious breakfast.
- An example of something that would be described as luscious is a rich and delicious breakfast.
- An example of someone who would be described as luscious is an incredibly sexy supermodel.
The definition of luscious is something that is very pleasing to the sense of taste or smell or someone who has strong sexual appeal.
luscious
- highly gratifying to taste or smell, esp. because of a rich sweetness; delicious
- delighting any of the senses
- having a strong sensual appeal; voluptuous
- Archaic sickeningly sweet or full-flavored; cloying
Origin of luscious
Middle English lucius, probably variant, variety of licious, aphetic form of delicious, influenced, influence by lusch, lushluscious
adjective
- Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See Synonyms at delicious.
- Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
- Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; attractive.
- Archaic Excessively sweet; cloying.
Origin of luscious
Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious; see delicious.Related Forms:
- lus′cious·ly
adverb
- lus′cious·ness
noun
luscious
Adjective
(comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious)
Origin
From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious"), a corruption of *lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious") +"Ž -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the selfsame sense: 'How lush and lusty the grass looks'. "”Temp. ii. I.52. See also lush, lusty.
Alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious. See delicious.
