adjective
- pleasing to the taste; palatable: a toothsome dish.
- pleasing or desirable, as fame or power.
- voluptuous; sexually alluring: a toothsome blonde.
adjective
- of delicious or appetizing appearance, flavour, or smell
- attractive; alluring
“pleasant to the taste,” 1560s; the figurative sense of “attractive” (1550s) is a bit older; from tooth + -some (1).