delicious

形容词 adj.
/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/    /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/|/də-/|/di-/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
    — It was quite dark by the time Tarzan had gorged himself. Ah, but it had been delicious! Never had he quite accustomed himself to the ruined flesh that civilized men had served him, and in the bottom of his savage heart there had constantly been the craving for the warm meat of the fresh kill, and the rich, red blood.
  2. Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind. colloquial,figuratively
    — The irony is delicious!
  3. Having tremendous sex appeal. slang

词形变化

more delicious comparative most delicious superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Late Latin dē
Late Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.?
Proto-Italic *lakjō
Late Latin laciō
Late Latin dēliciō
Late Latin dēliciae
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Late Latin -ōsus
Late Latin dēliciōsusbor.
Anglo-Norman deliciousbor.
Middle English delicious
English delicious
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).
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