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 ]