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a. [ OF. delicieus, F. délicieux, L. deliciosus, fr. deliciae delight, fr. delicere to allure. See Delight. ] 1. Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some delicious landscape. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were not his words delicious? Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury. Milton.

Syn. -- Delicious, Delightful. Delicious refers to the pleasure derived from certain of the senses, particularly the taste and smell; as, delicious food; a delicious fragrance. Delightful may also refer to most of the senses (as, delightful music; a delightful prospect; delightful sensations), but has a higher application to matters of taste, feeling, and sentiment; as, a delightful abode, conversation, employment; delightful scenes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

No spring, nor summer, on the mountain seen,
Smiles with gay fruits or with delightful green. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Luxury. “To drive away all superfluity and deliciousness.” Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See Malice. ] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. [ 1913 Webster ]

I grant him bloody, . . .
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Burrill. --
Malicious prosecution or
Malicious arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ma*li"cious*ly, adv. -- Ma*li"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law), Malicious and willful destructionof or injury to the property of others; -- it is an offense at common law. Wharton.
Syn. -- vandalism, hooliganism. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Multiplex. ] Manifold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) Same as Silicoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]