Meanings
alternative -alicious
- Used to form intensified adjectives indicating deliciousness, from nouns and adjectives.
If you prefer your burgers hot and spicy, then add the jalapeño seeds to this veggie-licious wrap.
2011, Nancy Kennedy, The Hollywood Wrap: 100 Quick and Easy Meals to Fuel Your Workout, page 834 more examples
It is packed with families dining under the live oaks at wooden picnic tables on food that is simply burgerlicious and better for dad's soul than nightly chicken
2009, Cam Rossie, Hilary Hylton, Insiders' Guide to Austin, page 100The best sellers, day to day, month to month, no matter the season, were apricot chicken tenders, sesame noodles, and pasta nests. Here are three pasta-licious nests, adapted for your home production kitchen.
2005, Rachael Ray, 365: No Repeats : a Year of Deliciously Different Dinners, page 241A catering business called Stranjahs advertises that they will provide ganjalicious goodies for private parties.
2001, Ed Rosenthal, The Big Book of Buds: Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders, page 123And unlike his Davis, California homey DJ Shadow, who smothers tracks with avant-garde displays of turntable mastery, Mike isn't afraid to let his B-boy bouillabaisse coalesce into real bootylicious grooves that are more about moving the crowd than wowing elitist nerds who crowd around the DJ booth.
1998 September, Matt Diehl, Vibe, volume 6, numbers 6-8, page 302
Synonyms & antonyms
suffixUsed to form intensified adjectives indicating deliciousness, from nouns and adjectives.
Origin
Rebracketing of delicious.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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