LUS'CIOUS, a. [I know not the origin and affinities of this word.]
1. Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; sweet to excess; as luscious food.2. Very sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste.And raisins keep their luscious native taste.3. Pleasing; delightful.He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some gainful purchase.4. Fullsome; as luscious flattery.5. Smutty; obscene. [Unusual.]