relishing

English

Verb

relishing

1. present participle and gerund of relish

Adjective

relishing (comparative more relishing, superlative most relishing)

1. Appetizing, delightful. [from 17th c.]
   • 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, II.1:

     [T]he pleasure I enjoyed in the little I had read, was changed into disgust, when I reflected on the small prospect I had of finding the greater part of this relishing story […] .

2. That relishes something; showing relish or enjoyment. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• relishingly
• unrelishing

Anagrams

• hirelings, shinglier