de·li·cious
di-ˈli-shəs 
1
: affording great pleasure : delightful
a delicious bit of gossip
2
: appealing to one of the bodily senses especially of taste or smell
a delicious meal
delicious aromas
deliciously
adverb
deliciousness
noun
plural Deliciouses or Delicious
: a sweet red or yellow eating apple of U.S. origin that has a crown of five rounded prominences on the end opposite the stem
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Adjective
This is the most delicious ice cream I have ever eaten.
Delicious aromas were floating from the kitchen.
a delicious bit of gossip
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Asher Price, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
The gingersnap crust is delicious as well, and much easier than working with pastry.
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Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.
—Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
After downing a cocktail or two — and sufficiently showing off their outfits — guests, including American DJ Honey Dijon, sat down to a feast, which looked delicious but must have been difficult to digest given all of the elaborate corsetry that guests were wearing.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The bottom line: The most expensive Senate race in the nation this year could have been delicious.
—Asher Price, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
The gingersnap crust is delicious as well, and much easier than working with pastry.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.
—Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
After downing a cocktail or two — and sufficiently showing off their outfits — guests, including American DJ Honey Dijon, sat down to a feast, which looked delicious but must have been difficult to digest given all of the elaborate corsetry that guests were wearing.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Delicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delicious. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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delicious
1 of 2 adjective
de·li·cious
di-ˈlish-əs
: giving great pleasure : delightful
especially
: very pleasing to the taste
deliciously
adverb
deliciousness
noun
Delicious
2 of 2 noun
De·li·cious
di-ˈlish-əs
plural Deliciouses or Delicious
: a sweet red or yellow apple of U.S. origin that has five bumps arranged around the end opposite the stem
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