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delicious [ de·lici·ous ]

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dɪˈlɪʃəs ]
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dɪˈlɪʃəs ]
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Adjective

1. Highly pleasant to the taste.

delicious home-baked brown bread

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2. Delightful.

Which would make that irony even more delicious.

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Origin

1. Middle English (also in the sense ‘characterized by sensuous indulgence’): via Old French from late Latin deliciosus, from Latin deliciae (plural) ‘delight, pleasure’.

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