Toothsome means delicious, pleasant, or sexually attractive. The word originates from "tooth" meaning fondness or taste, combined with "-some" meaning characterized by. While initially referring to general attractiveness, it now commonly describes taste.
Toothsome means delicious, pleasant, or sexually attractive. The word originates from "tooth" meaning fondness or taste, combined with "-some" meaning characterized by. While initially referring to general attractiveness, it now commonly describes taste.
Front | toothsome \TOOTH-sum\ |
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Back | adjective 1. Delicious. 2. Agreeable; pleasant. 3. Sexually attractive. "You recognize Heichinro, Chinatown's oldest restaurant, serving toothsome Cantonese cuisine since 1887 and credited with creating sanma men, noodles in a thick sauce topped with sauted vegetables." - Burritt Sabin; New Subway Signals Start of a New Era; The Japan Times (Tokyo); Feb 13, 2004. "On the one hand the band - based around the songwriting partnership of toothsome 23-year-old singer Jill Jackson and 26-year-old drummer Jim Duguid - look and sound a lot like a rock band." - Rock Genie's Bottle of Pop; Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh); Feb 29, 2004. |
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