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Adjective: toothsome  tooth-sum
  1. Acceptable to the taste or mind
    "toothsome food";
    - palatable
     
  2. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
    "the dessert was toothsome";
    - delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, yummy [informal], delish [informal], lip-smacking [informal], finger-licking [informal], scrummy [Brit, informal]
     
  3. [informal] (of a woman) sexually attractive
    "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress";
    - juicy [informal], luscious [informal], red-hot [informal], voluptuous, foxy [informal], babelicious [N. Amer, informal], bootylicious [US, informal]

See also: appetising [Brit], appetizing, comestible, dishy [Brit, informal], eatable, edible, hot [informal], lush [Brit, informal], sexy [informal], smoking [informal], tasty, yummy [informal]

Antonym: unpalatable