delight
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict.
Inflected forms:
form: delights
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: delights
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: delighting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: delighted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: delighted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Joy; pleasure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A fool hath no delight in understanding.
[…] the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
gloss: Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]
[…] Awake
My fairest, my espous’d, my latest found,
Heav’ns last best gift, my ever new delight,
gloss: To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
pos: verb
examples: Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
A beautiful landscape delights the eye.
gloss: To have or take great pleasure.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,
Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;
That, if I wiſt not to be controlde,
Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,
For I have loved you well and long, / Delighting in your company.
He was an eisteddfodwr and delighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.
Synonyms: delection
Related words: delicacy
delicate
delicatessen
delicious
Derived words: afternoon delight
Buddha's delight
Cupid's delight
delightful
delightless
delightly
delightsome
devil's delight
duper's delight
gardener's delight
Heart's Delight
idiot's delight
Idiot's Delight
lumps of delight
queen's delight
take delight in
Turkish delight
undelight
whaler's delight
duping delight
delighter
delight in
delightingly
undelighting
Translations:
lang: Esperanto
word: agrablaĵo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: χάρμα
roman: khárma
lang: Latin
word: gaudium
lang: Tagalog
word: kasiyahan
lang: Sanskrit
word: रणति
roman: raṇati
lang: Tagalog
word: matuwa
lang: Tagalog
word: magalak