delight

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

A wrong spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; < Middle English deliten < Old French deleiter, deliter < Latin delectare (“‘to delight, please’”), frequentative of delicere (“‘to allure’”); see delicate.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/
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  Rhymes: -aɪt

[edit] Noun

delight (plural delights)

1. joy; pleasure

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• undelight
• delightful

[edit] Verb

to delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)

1. To give pleasure to.

[edit] Derived terms

• delight in

[edit] Related terms

• delicacy
• delicate
• delicatessen
• delicious

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• delight in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• delight in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of deghilt
• glideth
• lighted