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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Latin delicere 'to attract' |
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de‧li‧cious
1 very pleasant to taste or smell : 'The meal was absolutely delicious,' she said politely. the delicious smell of new-mown grass
'The meal was absolutely delicious,' she said politely.the delicious smell of new-mown grass2 literary extremely pleasant or enjoyable
—deliciously adverb: deliciously spicy meat
WORD FOCUS: taste deliciously spicy meatWORD FOCUS: taste delicious/tasty tastes very good
disgusting tastes very bad
hot/spicy has a lot of spices
bland boring and with not very much taste
sweet has a lot of sugar
salty has a lot of salt
sour used about fruit that is not sweet
bitter used about coffee, chocolate, or medicine that is not at all sweettaste
➔ See also taste
