luscious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   richly sweet, delicious, or pleasing to taste

   The travelers ate luscious fruit picked fresh from the garden.

2. 2
   adj

   richly appealing to the senses, especially in color, texture, or sound

   The painter filled the canvas with luscious greens and deep reds.

3. 3
   adj

   sexually attractive or seductive

   The advertisement relied on a luscious image of old Hollywood glamour.

From Middle English lucius, perhaps an alteration of licius, a shortened form of delicious. The deeper formation is uncertain. The word broadened from rich taste or smell to other sensuous qualities and then to physical attractiveness.

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