Definitions for DELICIOUS
dɪˈlɪʃ əsde·li·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Deliciousadjective

   variety of sweet eating apples

2. delightful, deliciousadjective

   greatly pleasing or entertaining

   "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke"

3. delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummyadjective

   extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. deliciousadjective

   Pleasing to taste; tasty.

2. deliciousadjective

   Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

3. Etymology: delicious, from delicious from delicious, from dēliciōsus "delicate, delicious" from dēliciae "delights", plural of dēlicia "pleasure" from dēlicēre "to allure, entice," from de- "away" + lacēre "to lure, deceive". Displaced native este (from este), wunlic (from wynlic), estelic.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deliciousadjective

   Etymology: delicieux, French, from delicatus, Latin.

   1. Sweet; delicate; that affords delight; agreeable; charming; grateful to the sense or mind.

   It is highly probable, that upon Adam’s disobedience Almighty God chased him out of paradise, the fairest and most delicious part of the earth, into some other the most barren and unpleasant of all the whole globe. John Woodward, Nat. History.

   In his last hours his easy wit display;
   Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay. Jonathan Swift.

   Still on that breast enamour’d let me lie,
   Still drink delicious poison from thy eye. Alexander Pope, El. to Abelard.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delicious

   Delicious is an adjective used to describe food or drink that has a very pleasant taste. It is highly enjoyable to the senses, particularly the sense of taste, making someone want to eat or drink more of it. It can also mean anything that is delightful and pleasing to experience.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deliciousadjective

   affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming

2. Deliciousadjective

   addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delicious

   de-lish′us, adj. full of delicacies: highly pleasing to the senses: affording exquisite pleasure.—n. Del′ice, (Spens.), delight: a delight or delightful thing.—adv. Deli′ciously, in a delicious manner: (B.) luxuriously.—n. Deli′ciousness. [L. deliciosus—deliciæ.]

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delicious

   Delicious is a social bookmarking website – the primary use of Delicious is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. On Delicious, you can use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders.You can also use del.icio.us to see the interesting links that your friends and other people bookmark, and share links with them in return. You can even browse and search Delicious to discover the cool and useful bookmarks that everyone else has saved – which is made easy with tags.Delicious was acquired by Yahoo on December 9, 2005. No formal acquisition price was disclosed, though it has been speculated at $10 to $15 million. Early seed round investors include Marc Andreessen, Tim O’Reilly, Esther Dyson, Josh Kopelman, Bob Young, Seth Goldstein and Howard Morgan.In September 2007 Delicious showed an upcoming version 2 to the public, along with the announcement of a complete re-write of the code base.In April 2011, Delicious was acquired by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen’s AVOS Systems. Since the acquisition, Delicious has undergone several redesigns.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DELICIOUS' in Adjectives Frequency: #960

Anagrams for DELICIOUS »

1. lousicide

How to pronounce DELICIOUS?

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   Zira

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DELICIOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DELICIOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of DELICIOUS in a Sentence

1. Michelle Obama:

   The talented people who cook the food at your school will be offering you all kinds of healthy, delicious new choices. Foods that are good for you and taste good, too.

2. Cynthia Sass:

   There are numerous delicious combinations, including bruschetta, roasted red pepper pesto, or simply sautéing tomatoes in olive oil with garlic and herbs to toss with lean protein and a small portion of whole grain pasta.

3. Bob Barnes:

   They make you smile, they’re delicious.

4. Chef Lola:

   At home, whenever we are having parties, we do n’t cook our jollof rice on the stovetop. We use open fire, so the jollof rice has a smoky taste, which makes it more delicious, so, I roast the bell peppers to achieve a similar, or very close, taste. It makes a lot of difference.

5. Project Angel Food:

   When my father passed away… my mother said, ‘Oh, we have to memorialize Eddie,’ because she still calls him ‘delicious,’ even after all these years, so we had a little party with bagels and lox for my little Jewish dad. My sisters and I got up and spoke. By the end, we all had included in our speech that we were his favorite! The reason why we all said that is because, at one point in our life, he made us feel that way. He didn’t know really how to be a father, but he did adore us all, and he did honor us all in that way.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DELICIOUS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Delicious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DELICIOUS
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DELICIOUS
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DELICIOUS
7. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/delicious