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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1596
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Delicious, Delitious, a. and adv. Also: delycyus, -licius, -litius, -lytious; dilicius, -litious, -lytious. [ME. delicius (c 1300), dilicious, etc., OF. delicious, late L. dēliciōsus.] Affording delight; delicious (in various applications). Also as adv., deliciously.(1) 1456 Hay I. 301/23 (nocht in delicious metis na drinkis). 1456 Ib. II. 18/21 (tendir metis … and delicious thingis). c1460 Thewis Gud Wemen 73 (metis and drinkis delycyus). a1500 Henr. Fab. 2646, (milk … sweit and as delitious). 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xxxii (herbis richt delicius and nurisand). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 910 (quhose fruct bene moste delytious). 1596 Dalr. I. 115/11 (thair table mair diligat and dilitious).(2) ?1438 Alex. ii. 2065.
This is dame Venus hous, That to luifaris is delytious a1500 Henr. Orph. 230 (A).
Of thir sex [tonis] swet & delicious … five hevinly symphonis Componit ar a1500 Id. Fab. 241.
Full of rethorie, With polite termis and delicious a1570-86 Kennedy Maitland Folio MS lxxi. 17.
O bittir ȝouth that seymit delicious 1531 Bell. Boece I. 233.
With hevinly and delitious sang 1535 Stewart 1041.
To luke on thame was so delicious c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 1.
Thir vearse ar sweit and rycht delicius(3) c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 101.
The gluttoun, quha fed delicius
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