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Webster 1913 Edition
Luscious
Lus′cious
,Adj.
1.
Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
And raisins keep their
luscious
, native taste. Dryden.
2.
Cloying; fulsome.
He had a tedious,
– luscious
way of talking. Jeffrey.
Lus′cious-ly
, adv.
Lus′cious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Luscious
LUS'CIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; sweet to excess; as luscious food.2.
Very sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste.And raisins keep their luscious native taste.
3.
Pleasing; delightful.He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some gainful purchase.
4.
Fullsome; as luscious flattery.5.
Smutty; obscene. [Unusual.]Definition 2024
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English
Alternative forms
- lushious (obsolete)
Adjective
luscious (comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious)
- sweet and pleasant; delicious
- 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz
- There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
- 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- sexually appealing; seductive
- 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
- With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature
- 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
- obscene
- 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
- Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected
- 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
Translations
sweet and pleasant
sexually appealing
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