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luscious

adjective/ˈlʌʃəs/

B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
LiteraryRegister

Having a rich, sweet and highly pleasing taste, smell or appearance.

The market stalls were piled high with luscious peaches and figs.

Similar: succulent, delectable, juicy

Topic: Beauty & the senses in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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