delicious
adjective
[ dɪˈlɪʃəs ]
• highly pleasant to the taste.
• "delicious home-baked brown bread"
Similar:
mouth-watering,
appetizing,
tasty,
flavoursome,
flavourful,
delectable,
toothsome,
inviting,
very enjoyable,
very palatable,
succulent,
luscious,
rich,
sweet,
savoury,
piquant,
scrumptious,
delish,
scrummy,
yummy,
yum-yum,
moreish,
peng,
finger-licking,
nummy,
ambrosial,
ambrosian,
nectareous,
nectarean,
flavorous,
sapid,
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘characterized by sensuous indulgence’): via Old French from late Latin deliciosus, from Latin deliciae (plural) ‘delight, pleasure’.
