Definitions for delicious
dɪˈlɪʃ əsde·li·cious

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

1. Delicious(adj)

   variety of sweet eating apples

2. delightful, delicious(adj)

   greatly pleasing or entertaining

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

3. delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy(adj)

   extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. delicious(Adjective)

   Pleasing to taste; tasty.

   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.

2. delicious(Adjective)

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

   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.

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

1. Delicious(adj)

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

2. Delicious(adj)

   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

Anagrams for delicious »

1. lousicide

How to pronounce delicious?

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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. Ron Stone:

   There are many options to mix and match from your pantry, and with advance planning and a little creativity, you can provide healthy and delicious meals for your family.

2. Lucy Turnbull:

   I want to thank you for your welcome, thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome.

3. John Ruskin:

   Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

4. David Farmer:

   At Chick-fil-A, we’re constantly looking for innovative and delicious ways to meet the needs of our guests, we understand the importance of breakfast and the impact it has throughout the day. We tested the Egg White Grill in select markets across the country, including our busiest restaurants in Manhattan, and our customers gave us great feedback. The Egg White Grill is the perfect solution for our health-conscious customers looking for a grab-and-go breakfast.

5. Gilda Radner:

   I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.

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