The word 'luscious' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe things that taste or look especially delicious or beautiful. For example: "The luscious chocolate cake was a hit at the party."
False breasts were banned from page 3 (at readers' request) in 1997, and the cheesier poses and wildly punning captions ("A lovely bit of rump and the topside's tasty too... MEAT luscious Laura Frankland – the first Page Three beauty who is also a qualified BUTCHER") were binned a year later.
Maybe a dollop of Triple Fossil Ripple with luscious layers of coal, gas and shale oil?
A luxury hotel, the Russelior (preferredhotels.com/russelior), opened in the Tunisian seaside city of Hammamet this year, and has a hip white spa with drapes and posh lights, luscious gardens, tennis courts and several restaurants.
But it was too expensive – even though half the price of a real, hand-made, juicy, sea-fresh, crammed with luscious crustacean, lobster roll.
But it is located by luscious beaches.
Instead, the museum shop is offering only luscious picture albums (a short one with a biographical essay priced at $40 and a giant edition, which costs $800).The museum deserves praise for exhibiting the work of an exceptional living jeweller, but not for letting him call the shots (even basic information, such as the size of the pieces, is missing).
They are also more likely to be tempted by the luscious plums hanging from the trees.But these are minor things.
He stuffed his cabinet with the sort of people whose first reaction to news of some tycoon's obscene retirement package is to wonder why they hadn't fixed so luscious a deal for themselves.
Inspired by the dramatic masterpieces of Francisco Goya and Diego Velázquez (all those luscious blacks), and Frans Hals's genius for portraying people with a gusto for life, these works trace Manet's influences and his efforts to master a vision of his own.
Investors in Georgia-Pacific, an Atlanta-based maker of Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups and other paper goods, will get a luscious 39% premium for their shares, courtesy of Koch Industries, a privately owned conglomerate in Kansas.
Something similar happened last year when Ang Lee won the "Best Director" award for "Life of Pi": the message here is that while the Academy enjoys its luscious visual fantasies, it's the morality tales that get the biggest prize.
