# delicious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/ · frequency rank #4,012

## Definitions
1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
2. Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
3. Having tremendous sex appeal.

## Etymology
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).

## Easily confused with
- **delirious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delicious-vs-delirious)
- **deliciously** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delicious-vs-deliciously)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddelicious`, `deilcious`, `delciious`, `deliccious`, `deliciosu`, `deliciouss`, `deliciuos`, `delicoius`, `deliicous`, `dellicious`, `dleicious`, `edlicious`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/delicious