Lŭs'ciōŭs, a.

adjective

(lŭsh'us), a. [O. Eng. luscious, probably a corruption of luxurious. Cf. LUSH.]

Sense 1. Sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste.

And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. Dryden.

Sense 2. Sweet or rich so as to cloy; hence, fulsome.

He had a tedious, luscious way of talking, that was apt to tire the patience of his hearers. Jeffrey.

Sense 3. Smutty; obscene. [Rare.] Steele.