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Attested from the 13th century, fromMiddle Englishdelite, fromOld Frenchdeleiter,deliter, fromLatindēlectāre(“to delight, please”), frequentative ofdēlicere(“to allure, entice”), fromdē-(“away”) +laciō(“I lure, I deceive”), fromProto-Italic*lakjō(“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin.Doublet ofdelect. Related withdelectation,delicate,delicious anddilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expecteddelite) is influenced bylight and other words ending in-ight, such asmight,bright, etc. The-gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin-c-; compare obsoleteindight forindict.

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Noun

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delight (countable anduncountable,pluraldelights)

  1. Joy;pleasure.
    Synonyms:delightedness,joy;see alsoThesaurus:happiness
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Proverbs18:2:
      A fool hath nodelight in understanding.
    • 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:
      […] the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that givedelight and hurt not.
    • 1967,Barbara Sleigh,Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published1993,→ISBN, page122:
      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 finallydelight.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8839, page52:
      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, thedelights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:delight.
  2. Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
    • 1580,Greensleeves:
      Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was mydelight,[…]
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book V”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, lines17-19:
      […] Awake
      My fairest, my espous’d, my latest found,
      Heav’ns last best gift, my ever newdelight,
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:delight.

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Translations

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joy, pleasure
thing that gives pleasure

Verb

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delight (third-person singular simple presentdelights,present participledelighting,simple past and past participledelighted)

  1. To give delight to; toaffect withgreatpleasure; topleasehighly.
    Synonyms:cheer up,perk up;see alsoThesaurus:gladden
    A beautiful landscapedelights the eye.
  2. (intransitive) To have or takegreatpleasure.
    Synonyms:blithen,happy
    • c. 1515–1516, published 1568,John Skelton,Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
      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,
      How ſomedelite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.
    • 1580,Greensleeves:
      For I have loved you well and long, /Delighting in your company.
    • 1908, T.J. Griffths,The Cambrian, volume28, page504:
      He was aneisteddfodwr anddelighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.

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Translations

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to give pleasure to
to take pleasure in

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