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delicious

/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ adjective A1
  1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
  2. Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind. (colloquial, figuratively) · The irony is delicious!
  3. Having tremendous sex appeal. (slang)
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She liked the delicious hint of fragrance, as some aerial benediction, above her every time she moved.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 316 · C1
The ice cream was delicious, Marilla, and it was so lovely and dissipated to be sitting there eating it at eleven o’clock at night.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 239 · C1
They had a “perfectly elegant tea;” and then came the delicious occupation of dressing in Diana’s little room upstairs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 148 · C1
Isn’t the breath of the mint delicious?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 305 · C1

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