Delight

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/

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  Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

Singular Delight

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Delight ({{{1}}})

1. joy; pleasure

Translations

joy, pleasure

Arabic: فرجة ar(ar) (furja) f. Bulgarian: наслада bg(bg) f., удоволствие bg(bg) n. Catalan: delit ca(ca) m., plaer ca(ca) m. Finnish: ilo fi(fi) French: plaisir fr(fr), délice fr(fr), joie fr(fr) German: Freude de(de) f., Entzückung de(de) f., Wohlgefallen de(de) n.

Ido: delekteso Italian: delizia it(it) f. Old English: wynn ang(ang) f. Polish: radość f., rozkosz f., przyjemność f., zachwyt m. Spanish: deleite es(es)

Derived terms

• undelight
• delightful

Verb

Infinitive to Delight

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Delight (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To give pleasure to.

Derived terms

• delight in

Related terms

• delicacy
• delicate
• delicatessen
• delicious

Translations

to give pleasure to

Bulgarian: доставям удоволствие bg(bg) Dutch: bevallen nl(nl), behagen nl(nl) Finnish: ilahduttaa, riemastuttaa French: enchanter fr(fr), ravir fr(fr), prendre plaisir à fr(fr), se délecter de fr(fr)

Italian: deliziare it(it) Polish: cieszyć, radować, zachwycać Spanish: regocijar es(es)

External links

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

Anagrams

• deghilt,
• glideth
• lighted

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