luscious
/ˈlʌʃəs/adjective
luscious is spelled L-U-S-C-I-O-U-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, luscious means “Sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in luscious?
| Letters | 8: L-U-S-C-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is luscious?
Luscious appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce luscious?
- /ˈlʌʃəs/
Luscious has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-luscious.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of luscious
- more luscious comparative
- most luscious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does luscious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.
- 2
Sexually appealing; seductive.
- 3
Obscene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Luscious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | köstlich, lecker, süß und saftig , sinnlich, verführerisch, üppig |
| Portuguese | delicioso , voluptuoso, exuberante, luxuriante |
| Spanish | suculento, exquisito , exuberante, voluptuoso, lujuriante, lozano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does luscious come from?
From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) + -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52). An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).