deliciosity

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English delicissite, deliciouste, deliciuste, diliciousite (“delightfulness; of food: deliciousness; a luxury”), from Middle French delicieuseté (compare Medieval Latin dēliciōsitās)[1] or formed within English from delicious +‎ -osity.[2]

Noun

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deliciosity (uncountable)

  1. quality of being delicious

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ “dēliciǒus(i)tẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “deliciosity, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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