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Cuddle vs Cuddlicious - What's the difference?

cuddle | cuddlicious |

As a noun cuddle

is a snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.

As a verb cuddle

is to embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.

As an adjective cuddlicious is

of a person or thing, pleasant to cuddle.

cuddle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.

    • Verb

  • To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
    • The young lovers cuddled on the couch.
  • To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
    • She cuddled the infant before bedtime.
    I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?
  • To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
  • * Prior
    • She cuddles low beneath the brake; / Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly.

    Derived terms

    * cuddlable * cuddler * cuddlesome * cuddle up * cuddly

    cuddlicious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare, neologism) Of a person or thing, pleasant to cuddle.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, 1996, author=Troy N. Terry, title=Great new Rand/3 Wives theory, group=rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan citation
    • , passage=So why is it that Rand can't swing an Oath Rod without making a cuddlicious dame with fantastic powers fall in love with him?}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, 2001, author=vjc citation
    • , passage=I quite liked being a bit cuddly, just not as cuddlicious as I got in the summer. }}