delight
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
An unetymological spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; from Middle English deliten, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin delectare (“to delight, please”), frequentative of delicere (“to allure”); see delicate.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
delight (plural delights)
Translations [edit]
joy, pleasure
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Verb [edit]
delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)
- To give pleasure to.
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Translations [edit]
to give pleasure to
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External links [edit]
- delight in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- delight in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
