Delicious describes food or drink that tastes wonderfully good. When you bite into a perfectly ripe peach on a summer day, smell freshly baked cookies coming out of the oven, or taste your favorite meal cooked just right, that's delicious.

The word captures the experience of real pleasure when you eat something. A plain cracker might taste fine, but a warm chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven tastes delicious. The difference is in how much you enjoy it, that feeling of satisfaction and delight with each bite.

People's ideas about what's delicious vary wildly. Your friend might find Brussels sprouts delicious while you can't stand them. Someone who grows up eating spicy food might find mild food bland, while someone else finds those same spicy dishes too hot to enjoy. What matters is the experience of genuine enjoyment, that moment when you take a bite of something and think, “This is really good.”

Delicious food tempts you to take another bite, and another, until suddenly you've finished the whole thing. When something is truly delicious, it's hard to stop eating it.