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Definition: Delicious |
DeliciousAdjective1. Greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke". 2. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste. Noun1. 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: DeliciousSynonyms: delectable (adj), delightful (adj), luscious (adj), pleasant-tasting (adj), scrumptious (adj), toothsome (adj), yummy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Delicious |
| English words defined with "delicious": Ambrosiac ♦ bear, Bonne bouche, Bonnes bouches, Burrel ♦ Cherimoyer ♦ delightful ♦ gustatory perception, gustatory sensation ♦ Lecythis, Lecythis Zabucajo ♦ Mangostan, Monkey-pot, Morchella crassipes ♦ Nectareous ♦ red guava ♦ taste, taste perception, taste sensation, thick-footed morel, turn out ♦ Urbaniste ♦ Vernal grass, viand, Virgalieu. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "delicious": Baca, Broke da mout ♦ Dying Sayings ♦ fragrant flavour impression ♦ Hope ♦ MELICOCCUS BIJUGATUS ♦ PATINOA ALMIRAJO, Patrick's Purgatory, Pet Words ♦ SOCIETY SLANG ♦ Zulal. (references) |
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Screenplays | 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) | |
Lyrics | You're delicious (What's New Pussycat; performing artist: Tom Jones) Flip light delicious, you know the deal (Can't Hang; performing artist: Xscape) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Delicious (1931) Red Delicious (1991) Delicious (1981) | |
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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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| "Pomme frites" by Margriet Engstrom Commentary: "Delicious pomme frites with ketchup and mayo." | "Tamarillo" by Richard Stowers Commentary: "Delicious New Zealand fruit." |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Randolph | That most delicious of all privileges -- spending other people's money. |
Walt Whitman | Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | 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) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left -- Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft; When even his dog deserts him, and his goat With tranquil disaffection chews his coat While yet it hangs upon his back; then thou, The star far-flaming on thine angel brow, Descendest, radiant, from the skies to hint The promise of a clerkship in the Mint. Fogarty Weffing |
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Dennis Miller | Fast food is not only delicious to the taste, but also very soothing to the psyche. |
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| "Delicious" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.19% of the time. "Delicious" is used about 1,128 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.19% | 1,085 | 6,947 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.81% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,128 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "delicious". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Addin | N/A | Biblical | Delicious |
| Tryphena | N/A | Biblical | Delicious |
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Expressions using "delicious": delicious food ♦ golden Delicious ♦ Red Delicious ♦ Yellow Delicious. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
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. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "delicious"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
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) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | delectabile, esculentus, iucunda, iucundo, iucundum, iucundus, Lactarius deliciosus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | deliciosus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "delicious": deliciously, deliciousness, deliciousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"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, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "delicious" (pronounced duli"shus) |
| 6 | -u l i" sh u s | malicious. |
| 4 | -i" sh u s | ambitious, auspicious, capricious, expeditious, factitious, fictitious, inauspicious, injudicious, judicious, nutritious, pernicious, propitious, repetitious, seditious, superstitious, surreptitious, suspicious, vicious. |
| 3 | -sh u s | anxious, atrocious, audacious, capacious, cautious, conscientious, conscious, contentious, efficacious, facetious, fallacious, ferocious, flirtatious, fractious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, infectious, loquacious, luscious, nauseous, noxious, obnoxious, ostentatious, overambitious, precious, precocious, predaceous, pretentious, pugnacious, rambunctious, rapacious, salacious, sebaceous, semiprecious, spacious, specious, subconscious, tenacious, tendentious, unconscious, unpretentious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-i-l-o-s-u" | |
-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. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-i-l-o-s-u" | |
+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. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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