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luscious

lus·cious

UK/ˈlʌʃəs/ US/ˈlʌʃɪs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

having strong sexual appeal

  • “juicy barmaids”
  • “a red-hot mama”
  • “a voluptuous woman”
  • “a toothsome blonde in a tight dress”
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Origin

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.

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