Delicious

Definition: Delicious

Delicious

Adjective

1. Greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke".

2. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.

Noun

1. Variety of sweet eating apples.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "delicious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Delicious

Pain

Refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, delectable, nice, dainty; delicate, delicious; dulcet; luscious; palatable; luxurious, voluptuous; sensual.

Savoriness

Adjective: savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable; toothful, toothsome; gustful, appetizing, lickerish, delicate, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful.

Crosswords: Delicious

I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

In just a few hours you'll be sitting around a campfire with Andy making delicious hot Schmoes (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

One of our gentlemen found time to say 'How delicious!' before he died (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa)

It's chocolate, it's peppermint, it's delicious. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Mmmmm delicious. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You're delicious (What's New Pussycat; performing artist: Tom Jones)

Flip light delicious, you know the deal (Can't Hang; performing artist: Xscape)

Delicious (1931)

Red Delicious (1991)

Delicious (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Chef on a Shoestring: More Than 120 Delicious, Easy-On-The-Budget Recipes from America's Best Chefs (reference)

• Crockery Cookbook/over 120 Delicious Recipes for Your Crock-Pot Slow Cooker (reference)

• Every Night Italian: 120 Simple Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 45 Minutes or Less (reference)

• The Fibromyalgia Cookbook: More Than 120 Easy and Delicious Recipes (reference)

• The Good Morning America Cut the Calories Cookbook: 120 Delicious Low-Fat, Low-Cal Recipes from Our Viewers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Delicious (reference)

• Delicious Living (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Delicious Dishes to Go (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Animaniacs Variety Pack: Ingredients - 16 Delicious Songs From The Hit TV Series [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Delicious (reference)

• Delicious Wolves (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Red delicious apple close-up in Yakima Valley, WA. Credit: USDA.

Migrant farm workers harvest golden delicious apples in Yakima Valley, WA. Credit: USDA.

Close up of hand picked yellow delicious in Yakima Valley, WA. Credit: USDA.

Lactart Acid of Milk : A Delicious Beverage. / Donaldson Brothers, N.Y. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Sweet Delicious But Deadly. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A sound of delicious music filled the room. Credit: Library of Congress.

The porch party : the refreshments were perfectly delicious, everybody said. Credit: Library of Congress.

It's delicious, once you get use to it. Credit: Library of Congress.

The delicious product of Irapuata, where strawberries ripen every day in the year, Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wrigley's Double Mint Gum: Be healthy - happy - wise, enjoy delicious double mint gum, aid teeth breath - digestion daily ... millions do / Shepard. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I smelt in the street a delicious odour of Brie cheese

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Economic History

Uae

Other varieties including fuji, golden delicious and gala have made some headway. (references)

Uae

US Red Delicious apples have traditionally been recognized as the best apple available. (references)

Bangladesh

U. S. apples represent the gourmet end of the market, with limited supplies of the Washington Red Delicious and yellow apples. (references)

Travel

Bulgaria

Food in Bulgaria is abundant and delicious. (references)

Ghana

Great pizzas, burgers, Middle Eastern fast food and delicious ice cream. (references)

Austria

Austrian tap water is generally safe to drink; in fact, the tap water in Vienna has its sources from mountain springs and tastes delicious. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Delicious

Delicious

Expressions using "delicious": delicious food ♦ golden Delicious ♦ Red Delicious ♦ Yellow Delicious. Additional references.

Beginning with "delicious": delicious-looking, delicious-sounding.

Containing "delicious": christ-this-is-so-delicious-it-seems-a-shame-to-go-on-about-it-but-i-feel-it-is-my-duty.

Afrikaans

kostelik (fine, great, lovely), heerlik (agreeable, enjoyable, lovely, nice, pleasant). (various references)

Albanian

shumë i shijshëm, i shijshëm (appetizing, delicate, enjoyable, goluptious, luscious, nutty, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, scrumptious, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), i lezetshëm (agreeable, comely, cool, delightful, handsome, ingratiatingly, jolly, nice, pretty), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic), i hijshëm (becoming, charming, comely, cool, dainty, decent, decorous, delicate, distinguished, elegant, graceful, jimp, nice, personable). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نمير (pure, salubrious), ‏لذيذ (dainty, delectable, delightful, flavorful, flavourful, good, nice, palatable, pleasant, sapid, savory, sweet, sympathetic, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, unique, yummy), ‏طيب (good, perfume, savory, scent, spice), ‏شهي (delicate, scrumptious, toothsome). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), червена превъзходна, възхитителен (admirable, adorable, delectable, delightful, lovely, unexceptionable, wonderful), много вкусен (ambrosial, scrumptious), изящен (artistic, artistical, bijou, delicate, distinguished, minikin, neat, nice, peachy, svelte, sylph-like). (various references)

Chinese 

美味 (relish), 好吃 (tasty), 可口. (various references)

Czech

vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), výteèný (exquisite, gorgeous, preeminent, prize, wonderful), senzaèní (fine, gorgeous, grand, great, groovy, hot, magic, mean, sensational, smashing, startling, stunning, swell, terrific, thrilling, wonderful), lahodný (appetizing, dainty, delightful, gentle, luscious, nutty, Savory, suave, sweet, yummy), chutný (appetizing, dainty, drinkable, good, palatable, sapid, Savory, scrumptious, tasteful, tasty, toothsome). (various references)

Danish

velsmagende mælkehat (delicious lactarius). (various references)

Dutch

heerlijk (delightful). (various references)

Esperanto

bongustega. (various references)

Finnish

hienomakuinen (fine-tasting), herkullinen (choice). (various references)

French

délicieux (delectable, delicate, delightful), délectable (delectable, deliciously, delightful), savoureux, exquis (delightful). (various references)

German

köstlich (delectable, delectably, delicate, deliciously, delightful, exquisite, luscious, lusciously, magnificent, magnificently, priceless, rich), appetitlich (appetizing, appetizingly, attractive, mouth-wateringly, Savory, savoury, tempting). (various references)

Greek 

νόστιμος (delectable), νοστιμότατοσ, υπέροχοσ (gorgeous, preeminent, superb, surpassing, terrific, wonderful). (various references)

Guarani

heterei (very delicious). (various references)

Hebrew 

בשים (aromatic, flavoured, fragrant), טעים מאוד (luscious). (various references)

Hungarian

remek (aces, bitching, bully, clinker, corking, crackajack, dandy, dashing, divvy, excellent, glorious, grand, great, helluva, ideal, jake, masterful, mind-blowing, nifty, prime, proud, racy anecdote, rattling, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, sniffy, spiffy, superb, swell, tall, thumbs up, to be all aces, top notch, wow), finom (cheesy, choice, classy, crackerjack, dainty, delicate, discerning, elegant, filigree, fine, genteel, ladylike, light, mellow, nice, pure, refined, screening, sedate, silky, snappy, subtle, tasty, tenuous), felséges (divine, divvy, goluptious, royal, sovereign). (various references)

Indonesian

sedap (nice), nikmat (comfortable, enjoyable, enjoyful, grace, luxury, pleasant, sensuous), lezat (palatable), eco. (various references)

Italian

squisito (choice, dainty, deliciously, exquisite). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

旨い (appetizing, clever, expert, fortunate, promising, skillful, splendid, successful, wise). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おいしい (tasty), デリシャス , うまい (appetizing, clever, expert, fortunate, promising, skillful, splendid, successful, wise), けっこう (architecture, cancellation of lecture or class, carrying out, circulation, construction, doing, nice, splendid, suspension of service, sweet, tolerably, well enough, wonderful), じみにとむ (nutritious). (various references)

Korean 

맛있은 (Palatable). (various references)

Luganda

ewoomye (is delicious), biwooma (are delicious). (various references)

Manx

eunyssagh (delightful, enchanting, pleasure-seeker, rapturous), ard-vlastal (gorgeous, gorgeous of food). (various references)

Norwegian

deilig (lovely). (various references)

Pig Latin

eliciousday.(various references)

Portuguese

delicioso (charming, delectable, delightful, delightsome, fragrant, goluptious, lovely, luscious, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

delicioso, deliciosa. (various references)

Quechua

misk'i. (various references)

Romanian

delicios (charming, dainty, darling, delicate, luscious, palatable, Savory, savoury), adorabil (admirable, adorable, amiable, charming, choice, darling, delightful, exquisite, wonderful, worshipful). (various references)

Russian 

восхитительный (admirable, adorable, delectable, delightful, delightsome, duck of, entrancing, goluptious, killing, lovely, ravishing, scrumptious). (various references)

Scottish

blasda (tasty). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ukusan (appetizing, lickerish, luscious, palatable, sapid, savory, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Spanish

delicioso (delectable, delightful, lovely, luscious, lush). (various references)

Swedish

välsmakande (appetizing, flavorous, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, tasty), läcker (dainty, delicate, far out, goluptious, juicy, luscious, nice, tasty, toothsome, yummy), delikat (delicate, scrumptious). (various references)

Tagalog

masarap. (various references)

Turkish

nefis (ambrosial, awfully nice, beautiful, beyond praise, dainty, delectable, delightly, excellent, exquisite, fine, marvellous, marvelous, peachy, scrumptious, stunning, yummy, yum-yum), lezzetli (dainty, delicate, goluptious, luscious, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy, zestful), hoş (affable, agreeable, beautiful, bonny, canny, charming, clean-cut, congenial, debonair, debonaire, delectable, delightful, desirable, elegant, enjoyable, fine, fragrant, handsome, jolly, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prettily, pretty, sapid, smart, smooth, suave, subtile, subtle, sweetly, tuneful, well, winning, winsome). (various references)

Ukrainian

чудовий (a, admirable, adorable, ambrosial, bang up, beautiful, brave, bright, bully, capital, champion, charming, clinking, consummate, crack, Dandy, delectable, delightful, eminent, excellent, fine, flawless, glorious, goluptious, gorgeous, immense, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, notable, noted, palmary, peachy, posh, prime, princely, proper, providential, ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, something like, sovereign, spiffing, superb, super-duper, topping, undeniable, way out, wizard, wonderful), чарівний (admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, appealing, basilisk, captivating, charming, compelling, darling, delightful, elfish, elvish, enchanted, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fairy, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, goluptious, ingratiating, lovely, magic, magical, orphean, pretty), прекрасний (admirable, adorable, ambrosial, beauteous, capital, delectable, fine, out of this world, something like, splendid, splendiferous), дуже смачний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thơm tho, ngon ngọt, ngọt ngào vui thích, khoái (smooth). (various references)

Welsh

danteithiol (dainty), pe+r (aromatic, luscious, sweet), blasus (savory, tasty). (various references)

delectabile, esculentus, iucunda, iucundo, iucundum, iucundus, Lactarius deliciosus. (various references)

deliciosus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "delicious": deliciously, deliciousness, deliciousnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Delicious" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dallicus, deelicious, Delacour, delacours, Delecour, Delicia, Deliciae, delicios, deliciosa, deliciou, deliciouse, delicous, deliscious, delunctious, delusious, dericious, dilicious, dioicus, eximious, felicious. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: diecious.

-2 letters: doilies, eidolic, idolise, sluiced, suicide.

-3 letters: closed, clouds, coiled, coleus, colies, cosied, coulis, docile, escudo, iodise, louies, loused, oldies, oscule, siloed, sliced, sluice, soiled, solidi, souled.

-4 letters: cedis, ceils, clods, close, cloud, clued, clues, codes, coeds, coils, colds, coled, coles, cosie, coude, could, decos, deils, delis, dices, diols, disci, disco, dolce, dolci.

+1 letter: solicitude.

+2 letters: declivitous, deliciously, leucocidins, pediculosis, solicitudes, unsolicited.

+3 letters: elucidations, molluscicide, undecillions, unsocialized.

+4 letters: deliciousness, dinucleotides, duodecillions, molluscicides, radionuclides.

+5 letters: denticulations, diverticuloses, diverticulosis, educationalist, quindecillions, radiolucencies, reduplications, ribonucleoside, ridiculousness, trinucleotides.