delicious

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

Also spelled licious

US /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/ UK /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/ See IPA manual

Freq #2002

Meanings

1

adj
Tasting very good.

This cake is absolutely delicious!
2

adj
Very pleasing or enjoyable to the mind.

There was a delicious sense of mischief in her smile.

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Synonyms

1 adj · tasting very good. delectable

2 adj · very pleasing or enjoyable... delightful

More ambrosial appetizing daintydelishexquisite flavorful flavorous flavorsome gustfullekkerlickerish

Opposites

disgusting distastefulnontastyundeliciousunpalatableuntastyyucky

Word family

Forms deliciouslydeliciousness

Derived forms bodaliciouschocoliciousdeliciouslydeliciousnessdelishdelumptiousfabuliciousoverdelicioussacriliciousscrumplicioussexalicioussuperdelicious

Related forms attractive

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delicious taste
a flavor that gives great pleasure when eaten or drunk

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Delicious entered Middle English from late Latin deliciosus, formed from Latin deliciae ‘delight, pleasure’.

Etymology

From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).

delicious Middle English deliciosus la-lat *lakjō Proto-Italic

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# delicious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/
**Frequency rank:** 2002

## Meanings
1. Tasting very good.
2. Very pleasing or enjoyable to the mind.

## Examples
- This cake is absolutely delicious!
- There was a delicious sense of mischief in her smile.

## Synonyms
- ambrosial
- appetizing
- dainty
- delectable
- delish
- exquisite
- flavorful
- flavorous
- flavorsome
- gustful
- lekker
- lickerish

## Antonyms
- disgusting
- distasteful
- nontasty
- undelicious
- unpalatable
- untasty
- yucky

## Derived Forms
- bodalicious
- chocolicious
- deliciously
- deliciousness
- delish
- delumptious
- fabulicious
- overdelicious
- sacrilicious
- scrumplicious
- sexalicious
- superdelicious

## Related Forms
- attractive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: delicious
- Root: deliciosus
- Root: *lakjō
- Affix: -ious - full of

## Etymology
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).

## AI Etymology
delicious comes from Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”). Current senses include Tasting very good and Very pleasing or enjoyable to the mind. English relatives and later formations include bodalicious, chocolicious, deliciously, attractive.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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