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Definition of Toothsome

1. Adjective. Acceptable to the taste or mind. "A palatable solution to the problem"

2. Adjective. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.

3. Adjective. Having strong sexual appeal. "A toothsome blonde in a tight dress"

Definition of Toothsome

1. a. Grateful to the taste; palatable.

Definition of Toothsome

1. Adjective. Delicious. ¹

2. Adjective. Sexually attractive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toothsome

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothsome

toothmugs toothpaste toothpastes toothpasty toothpick toothpicker toothpickers toothpicklike toothpicks toothpowder

toothpuller toothpullers tooths toothshell toothshells toothsomely toothsomeness toothsomenesses toothwort toothworts

toothy toothypegs tooting tootle tootled tootler tootlers tootles tootling

Literary usage of Toothsome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"Cheese is now regarded more as a substantial article of food for the working classes than a toothsome dainty for the rich, and there is consequently a ..."

2. Life in Canada by Thomas Conant (1903)
"Maple sugar making—The Indian method—"Sugaring-off"— The toothsome " wax "—A yearly season of pleasure. ONE of the familiar proceedings of the days of early ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"18 July 1980 Or “attractive”: to coax his toothsome secretary into a close ... We first saw it in 1975: John Tunney, California's toothsome junior senator ..."

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