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moreish

UK/ˈmɔːɹɪʃ/US/ˈmoɹɪʃ/
adjectiveC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Moreish means so good you cannot stop eating it. Dangerously moreish, these are moreish.

It is British, informal and entirely about the second handful rather than the first. Salt, fat and crunch together are what make a snack moreish, which food companies know precisely.

Definitions of moreish

  1. 1adjectivemoreishSo good you cannot stop eating it.C1

    “The salted almonds were moreish enough to finish the bowl.”

moreish is a quality.

Where it comes from

From more + -ish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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