Delight Definition
dĭ-līt
delighted, delighting, delights
noun
delights
Great joy or pleasure.
Webster's New World
Something giving great joy or pleasure.
Webster's New World
The power of pleasing.
Webster's New World
Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
delighted, delighting, delights
To give great joy or pleasure.
Webster's New World
To give great joy or pleasure to.
Webster's New World
To be highly pleased; rejoice.
Webster's New World
To please greatly.
A movie that will delight all audiences.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Origin of Delight
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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.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English delit from Old French a pleasure from delitier to please, charm from Latin dēlectāre dē- intensive pref. de– lactāre frequentative of lacere to entice
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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