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Luscious   /lˈəʃɪs/   Listen
Luscious

adjective
1.
Having strong sexual appeal.  Synonyms: juicy, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous.  "A red-hot mama" , "A voluptuous woman" , "A toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
2.
Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.  Synonyms: delectable, delicious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy.






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"Luscious" Quotes from Famous Books



... When as the luscious smell Of that delicious land Above the seas that flows The clear wind throws, Your hearts to swell Approaching ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears and immense twelfth-cakes, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam. In easy state upon this couch there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, ...
— A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others • Various

... seniority knowing what was going on might have felt lonely in its isolation. We had many courses, soup, fish, entree and roast, salad and cheese which was cheese in a land where they eat cheese, and luscious grapes and pears; everything that the market afforded served in sight of the front line. Why not? France thinks that nothing is too good for her fighters. If ever man ought to have the best it is when to-morrow he returns to ...
— My Second Year of the War • Frederick Palmer

... know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine." - ...
— Wild Flowers, An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and - Their Insect Visitors - - Title: Nature's Garden • Neltje Blanchan

... went out to the veranda. The lawn stretched green and luscious down to the white pavement under the swinging arc light over the street. Mitchell left them seated in a hammock and sauntered down to the side fence, where he stood talking to a neighbor who was sprinkling his lawn with a ...
— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben


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