Definition of LUSCIOUS

luscious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • having strong sexual appeal
  • extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Adj

  • Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
  • Sexually appealing; seductive.
  • Obscene.

Origin / Etymology

From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) + -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52).
An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.

Scrabble Score: 10

luscious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
luscious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
luscious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

luscious is a valid Words With Friends word