delicious
English
/dɪˈlɪʃəs/, /dəˈlɪʃəs/
adj
Definitions
- Pleasing to taste; tasty.
- (colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
- (slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English delicious derived from delicious derived from Old French delicious, delicieux derived from Latin dēliciōsus, deliciosus.
Origin
Latin
dēliciōsus, deliciosus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deliciously English
- deliciousness English
- est English
- superdelicious English
- uber-delicious English
- undelicious English
- deliciosus Latin
- dēlicia Latin
- dēliciōsus, deliciosus Latin
- deliziös German
- delizioso Italian
- délicieux French
- deliciosamente Spanish, Castilian
- delicioso Spanish, Castilian
- *wunilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- wynlīċ Old English
- wynlīċe Old English
- ēst Old English
- delicious Middle English
- este Middle English
- winly Middle English
- wynly Middle English
- delicious, delicieux Old French
- delicios Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- delisyos Cebuano
- delicio Ido
- 蛇果 Chinese
- delicious xno