delicious (of food) Copy link Outline 1. suāvis, e2. exquīsītus3. dēlĭcātus, Plin. Phr. • delicious (of food). 1. suāvis, e: d. things (birds for the table, s. res), Hor. 2. exquīsītus: d. repasts, ex. epulae, Plin. 3. dēlĭcātus, Plin. Phr.: more d. (of eggs), succi melioris, Hor.