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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Luscious \Lus"cious\, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or
perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. {Lush}, {Lusty}.]
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1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome;
excessively sweet or rich.
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And raisins keep their luscious, native taste.
--Dryden.
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2. Cloying; fulsome.
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He had a tedious, luscious way of talking.
--Jeffrey.
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3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. --
{Lus"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Lus"cious*ness}, n.
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