-liciousColloquial
a suffix indicating a high degree of attractiveness, as in yummalicious, groovelicious.
ORIGIN: from de)licious .
-licious
Suffix
- Used to form intensified adjectives indicating deliciousness, from nouns and adjectives. 2011, Nancy Kennedy, The Hollywood Wrap: 100 Quick and Easy Meals to Fuel Your Workout, p. 83:
- If you prefer your burgers hot and spicy, then add the jalapeño seeds to this veggie-licious wrap.
2009, Cam Rossie, Hilary Hylton, Insiders' Guide to Austin, p. 100:- 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
2005, Rachael Ray, 365: No Repeats : a Year of Deliciously Different Dinners, p. 241:- The 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.
2001, Ed Rosenthal, The Big Book of Buds: Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders, p. 123:- A catering business called Stranjahs advertises that they will provide ganjalicious goodies for private parties.
1998, Matt Diehl, Vibe, September 1998, Volume 6, Issues 6-8, p. 302:- And 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.
Etymology
Back-formation from delicious.
Synonyms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -licious