'Lusciousness' definitions:
Definition of 'lusciousness'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Lusciousness'
From: GCIDE
- Luscious \Lus"cious\, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. Lush, Lusty.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich. [1913 Webster]
- And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cloying; fulsome. [1913 Webster]
- He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- {Lus"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Lus"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]