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Definition of Deliciousness

1. Noun. Extreme appetizingness.

Definition of Deliciousness

1. n. The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.

Definition of Deliciousness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being delicious. ¹

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Definition of Deliciousness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Deliciousness

Literary usage of Deliciousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Five Great Skeptical Dramas of History by John Owen (1896)
"The sweetest honey Is loathsome in its own deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite. Nor is this only the consummation of love, ..."

2. The Sermons of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: Complete in One Volume by Jeremy Taylor (1874)
"... what deliciousness, can he fancy in being weary of his prayers? there is no pretence or colour for these things. Can any man imagine a greater evil to ..."

3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1851)
"... and the experience of the deliciousness and rewards of virtue, and the excellency of a greater hope which does entertain our spirits in the outer courts ..."

4. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"... but also its complete, unwitting ab- perfection and deliciousness unrealized in negation of some of the finer things in hu- the old days. ..."

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