LUSCIOUS


Meaning of LUSCIOUS in English

/ ˈlʌʃəs; NAmE / adjective

1.

having a strong pleasant taste

SYN delicious :

luscious fruit

2.

( of cloth, colours or music ) soft and deep or heavy in a way that is pleasing to feel, look at or hear

SYN rich :

luscious silks and velvets

3.

( especially of a woman ) sexually attractive :

a luscious young girl

••

WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : perhaps an alteration of obsolete licious , shortened form of delicious .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.