adj.
- Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See synonyms at delicious.
- Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; seductive.
- Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
- Archaic. Excessively sweet; cloying.
[Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious. See delicious.]
lusciously lus'cious·ly adv.lusciousness lus'cious·ness n.
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