delight
Meaning
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- Joy; pleasure.
- Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
Synonyms
make happy
great joy
make glad
take delight
captivate
give pleasure
be glad
ecstacy
would like to
fond of
jouissance
revel in
give joy
festive mood
be pleasure
act of rejoicing
means of satisfying
satisfaction of mind
top give pleasure
delecration
give enjoyment
wish to
queem
enchant entrance
admire
be pleasing
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dəˈlaɪt/
Etymology
In summary
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 (“I lure, I 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.
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