delicious

Значение (Английский)

1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
2. (colloquial) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
3. (slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪʃəs/

Этимология (Английский)

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 deliciō (“I allure, I entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).