What it means
Means the food is so tasty you keep going back for another bite, even after you promised yourself that was the last one. Usually used for crisps, biscuits, sweets, or any snack that has you hovering by the cupboard like a feral seagull. Handy little word when you want to confess greed without sounding too tragic.
Usage examples
"These chocolate hobnobs are proper moreish, mate. Said I'd have one with my tea, now the whole packet's been demolished and I'm stood there like a right mug."
"These salted caramel bites are dangerously moreish, I opened the bag for one and somehow finished the lot."
"Careful with the homemade hummus, it is so moreish you will fill up before the mains even arrive."
Where it comes from
Simply more with an -ish on the end: something moreish is so good that one is never enough, and you reach for more before you have even finished the last. Said fondly of crisps, biscuits and anything that vanishes from the bowl far too fast. The flavour that quietly defeats willpower.
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