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Toothsome

adjective
1.
Acceptable to the taste or mind.  Synonym: palatable.  "A palatable solution to the problem"
2.
Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.  Synonyms: delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, yummy.
3.
Having strong sexual appeal.  Synonyms: juicy, luscious, red-hot, voluptuous.  "A red-hot mama" , "A voluptuous woman" , "A toothsome blonde in a tight dress"



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"Toothsome" Quotes from Famous Books



... behind not hope. Course follows course; entree, releve, ragout, Ambrosial sauces, pungent, after luscious soup. The landlord spurs his guests to fresh attack, With fricassee, rechauffe and omelets; A toothsome feast that Apicius would fain have served, While wine, divine, new zeal in all begets. Who is this host, my Muse, pray say? Who but that ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham

... attended every intelligent effort for the establishment of schools for instruction in cookery in various parts of the United States. While those in charge of these schools have presented to their pupils excellent opportunities for the acquirement of dexterity in the preparation of toothsome and tempting viands, but little attention has been paid to the science of dietetics, or what might be termed the hygiene ...
— Science in the Kitchen. • Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

... window a fine piece of level ground. The railway men were playing cricket there. How they seemed to enjoy the huge plum-puddings after throwing down their bats and leaving the wickets! The toothsome puddings had been contributed by the ladies of the city, and made hot and steaming in the great ...
— The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 - An Illustrated Monthly • Various

... being too muddy for the succulent kind that they wished. The incomparable "Galleon" had also been supplied with fishing tackle, and in a short time they caught a splendid supply of black bass and perch, which proved to be very fine and toothsome. As their boat floated back from the smaller stream into the Mississippi, Shif'less ...
— The Free Rangers - A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi • Joseph A. Altsheler

... German or otherwise, hungrily emerging from boyhood into a toothsome world made to be eaten, cures himself of his appetite by indulging it till he is ill, and then on a firm foundation of his own foolish corpse, or, as the poet puts it, of his dead self, begins to build up the better ...
— The Benefactress • Elizabeth Beauchamp


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