† licious,a.Obs.rare. Also 5 licius. [aphetic form of delicious. Cf. luscious.] = delicious. c1420Sir Amadace (Camden) xxvii, Mete and drinke y-nuȝhe thay hade With licius drinke and clere.a1670Hacket Cent.Serm. (1675) 515 He that lives by the Allegorie, feeds upon licious Quails.