01 a. Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.
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Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.“Some delicious landscape.” — Coleridge.“One draught of spring's delicious air.” — Keble.“Were not his words delicious?” — Tennyson.
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Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.[Obs.]“Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury.” — Milton.“Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay.” — Smith.“No spring, nor summer, on the mountain seen, Smiles with gay fruits or with delightful green.” — Addison.
Syn.
Delicious, Delightful.
Delicious refers to the pleasure derived from certain of the senses, particularly the taste and smell; as, delicious food; a delicious fragrance. Delightful may also refer to most of the senses (as, delightful music; a delightful prospect; delightful sensations), but has a higher application to matters of taste, feeling, and sentiment; as, a delightful abode, conversation, employment; delightful scenes, etc.