luscious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: luscious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for luscious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
luscious adj having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress" Synonym(s): juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous extremely pleasing to the sense of taste Synonym(s): delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luscious \Lus"cious\, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. {Lush}, {Lusty}.] 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. 3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- {Lus"ciously}, adv. -- {Lus"ciousness}, n.