Origin: Latin suffix -ous
Delicious has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
variety of sweet eating apples
"The market was filled with delicious varieties of sweet eating apples ranging from crisp Granny Smiths to juicy Red Delicious."
greatly pleasing or entertaining
"a delightful surprise"
"the comedy was delightful"
"a delicious joke"
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
"The fresh strawberries were so delicious that I couldn't stop eating them."
Pleasing to taste; tasty.
"The freshly baked cookies were absolutely delicious and made everyone smile at their sweet aroma."
The word delicious entered Middle English from the Anglo-Norman and Old French forms delicieux, where it originally meant "delicate." It ultimately traces back to a Late Latin root meaning "to allure or entice," which replaced an earlier native English term for tasty food.