delicious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.

   It was quite dark by the time Tarzan had gorged himself. Ah, but it had been delicious! Never had he quite accustomed himself to the ruined flesh that civilized men had served him, and in the bottom of his savage heart there had constantly been the craving for the warm meat of the fresh kill, and the rich, red blood.

2. 2
   adj

   Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

   The irony is delicious!

3. 3
   adj

   greatly pleasing or entertaining

4. 4
   adj

   extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

5. 5
   adj

   Having tremendous sex appeal.

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”).