Definitions for delicious
dɪˈlɪʃ əsde·li·cious

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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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

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1. lousicide

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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. Kevin Hochman:

   Fried Chicken is so delicious, our customers will find Fried Chicken difficult to tell that Fried Chicken's plant-based, i think we've all heard' Fried Chicken tastes like chicken' -- well our customers are going to be amazed and say,' Fried Chicken tastes like Fried Chicken !'.

2. Grace Vallo:

   Baked cod topped with panko crumbs, lemon, parsley and garlic is an easy way to turn your cod into a delicious dinner in just a few steps.

3. Luis Buñuel:

   Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.

4. Melaina Lewis:

   Featuring Maine Lobster as the marquee dish during a State Dinner at the White House sends a message that it is one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world, not to mention delicious, it is our hope that the President will share the story of this iconic fishery with his guests and redouble efforts to protect the livelihoods of the men and women who harvest and maintain the resource.

5. Andrew Zimmern:

   Shrimp remoulade is one of the fastest, tastiest, most delicious treats that you could possibly imagine, i don't think there's a better dish. You [ can ] do it all ahead of time and simply pour the sauce on right before your guests get there. They can dip if they want. They can plate if they want. You can make a big batch, a small batch. You can do this with other meats or seafood or everything if you don't like shrimp, but I think it's fantastic.

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