toothsomeadj.
/ˈtuːθsəm/ 1.
a. Pleasant to the taste, savoury, palatable: cf. tooth n. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective]
likingeOE
goodOE
lickerousc1275
deliciousa1325
daintya1382
dainteousc1386
daintiful1393
delicatea1398
merrya1398
savourlyc1400
liciousc1420
savourousa1425
daintethc1430
lustyc1430
feelsomea1450
nuttya1450
seasonablea1475
delicativec1475
unctuous1495
well-tasteda1500
daintive1526
savoury1533
exquisite1561
spicy1562
well-relished?1575
finger-licking1584
toothsome1584
taste-pleasinga1586
daint1590
relishsome1593
lickerish1595
tastesome1598
friand1599
tooth-tempting1603
relishing1605
well-relishing1608
neat1609
hungry1611
palate-pleasing1611
tasteful1611
palatea1617
tastya1617
palatable1619
toothful1622
sipid1623
unsoured1626
famelic1631
tasteablea1641
piquant1645
sapid1646
saporousa1670
slape1671
palativea1682
flavorous1697
nice1709
well-flavoured1717
gusty1721
flavoury1727
fine-palated1735
unrepulsive1787
degustatory1824
zesty1826
peckish1845
mouth-watering1847
flavoursome1853
unreasty1853
unrancida1855
relishy1864
toothy1864
flavoured1867
tasty-looking1867
hungrifying1886
velvety1888
snappy1892
zippy1911
savoursome1922
delish1953
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > delicious or tasty
likingeOE
deliciousa1325
liciousc1420
ambrosial?1578
finger-licking1584
toothsome1584
well1598
tastya1617
toothful1622
fine-palated1735
toothy1864
scrum1877
scrumptious1894
nummy1923
delish1953
shiok1978
bess2006
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cc. 165 Vineger, that is not onely toothsome but wholesome also.
1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 536 We..found water, which although it were neither so toothsome as running water..yet did we not refuse it.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xviii. 260 The Patattoes, which they eate as a delicate and toothsome meate.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady iii. iv. 340 I began to find a Craving..for more solid and Toothsome Food.
1899 E. Callow Old London Taverns ii. 286 Hard to please if they cannot select something toothsome from the menu.
b. figurative or in figurative context: Pleasant, ‘palatable’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]
winsomea900
sweetc900
likingeOE
i-quemec950
lieflyOE
winlyOE
hereOE
thankfulc1000
merryOE
queemc1175
beina1200
willea1200
leesomec1200
savouryc1225
estea1250
i-wilc1275
winc1275
welcomea1300
doucea1350
well-pleasingc1350
acceptablea1382
pleasablea1382
pleasanta1382
pleaseda1382
acceptedc1384
amiablec1384
well-likinga1387
queemfulc1390
flattering1393
pleasinga1398
well-queeminga1400
comelyc1400
farrandc1400
greable1401
goodlyc1405
amicable?a1425
placablec1429
amene1433
winful1438
listyc1440
dulcet1445
agreeablec1450
favourousc1485
sweetly?a1500
pleasureful?c1502
dulcea1513
grate1523
prettya1529
plausible1541
jolly1549
dulcoratec1550
toothsome1551
pleasurable1557
tickling1558
suavec1560
amenous1567
odoriferous?1575
perfumed1580
glada1586
tickle1593
pleasurous1595
favoursome1601
dulcean1606
gratifying1611
Hyblaean1614
gratulatea1616
arrident1616
solacefula1618
pleasantable1619
placid1628
contentsome1632
sapid1640
canny1643
gustful1647
peramene1657
pergrateful1657
tastefula1659
complacent1660
placentiousa1661
gratifactorya1665
bland1667
suavious1669
palatable1683
placent1683
complaisant1710
nice1747
tasty1796
sweetsome1799
titbit1820
connate1836
cunning1843
mooi1850
gemütlich1852
sympathique1859
congenial1878
sympathetic1900
sipid1908
onkus1910
sympathisch1911
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Uijv Speaking thinges nothing tothsome.
?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse iv. 59 Seeing our phisician..(Iesus Chryst I meane) telleth vs that it is veri wholsome, how so euer it be toothsome.
1648 Let. 31 Mar. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) II. 1047 Your only News is not very Toothsom but it may prove wholesom.
1805 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) I. 287 Elegant and toothsome sermons were most in request.
2. Having a ‘dainty tooth’; fond of savoury food.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > having dainty appetite or palate
wanton1530
lickerish-lipped1577
lickerous-toothed1579
nice-stomached1604
tender-mouthed1620
nice-palated1683
toothsome1837
pensy1866
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 95 She kent na, douse woman! how toothsome was he.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vii. i. 162 The Earl is a toothsome man.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]
loathOE
teenfulOE
nithefulOE
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venomousa1340
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
unkindlya1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
envyful1530
viperous1535
viperinec1540
vipered1560
bad-minded1588
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
toothsome1601
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
ill-meaning1633
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1668
cat-witted1672
vipereal1750
viperish1755
méchant1813
vicious1825
maliceful1840
mean1841
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bad mind1904
bitchy1908
1601 T. Morley Madrigales, etc. Ded. Whose malice (being as toothsome as the Adders sting).
Derivatives
ˈtoothsomely adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adverb]
dainteouslyc1380
daintifully1393
daintively1393
daintilya1400
delicatelyc1400
daintethlyc1440
savourously1480
daintly1563
tastefully1611
savourily1617
palatably1677
toothsomely1871
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adverb] > promoting appetite
savourily1617
toothsomely1871
appetizingly1882
1871 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 25 Dec. in C. Clemens My Father Mark Twain (1931) 53 Gossip of any kind, and about anybody is one of the most toothsomely Christian dishes I know of.
1880 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones 12 Here..apples mellowed toothsomely under the matted grass.
ˈtoothsomeness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [noun]
delicacya1393
savourinessa1398
deliciousnessa1450
delicateness?1529
daintiness1552
toothsomeness1612
piquantness1648
palatableness1721
tastefulness1727
fumet1735
lightness1799
palatability1850
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 1) 336 Others stand so much vpon toothsomnes of their meate.
1887 W. Besant World Went xxxvii I live sufficiently, and..with toothsomeness.
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