Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. synonym: delicious.
- adjective Greatly pleasing; delightful.
- adjective Sexually attractive or alluring.
- noun Something delightful or delicious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Delightful, especially to any of the senses; highly pleasing; charming; affording great enjoyment or pleasure: as, “delectable bowers,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Highly pleasing; delightful.
- adjective extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; same as
luscious , 1.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pleasing to the
taste ;delicious . - noun Something fitting the above description.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- adjective capable of arousing desire
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Swift half visions of her loveliness – of certain delectable details of her face or figure flitted always before him.
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Well may that land be called delectable and a fructuous land, that was be-bled and moisted with the precious blood of our
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At any rate it pleased us to recall the delectable lines:
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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I'm torn between trying to do an Iain Dale style "locked in contemplation" pic or a Kerron Cross style "delectable" pic.
The Webb Log - Looks Familiar Kerron Cross 2007
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She did not know what "delectable" meant, but it sounded good; and mountains, though she had never seen more of them than a far blue line, had always pleased her fancy.
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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It was a "delectable" country -- yes, that was the meaning of the word that had puzzled her ....
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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Thus Carey sought to turn to Christ the twelve millions of Hindoos who, from Western India above and below the great coast-range known as the Sahyadri or "delectable" mountains, had nearly wrested the whole peninsula from the Mohammedans, and had almost anticipated the life-giving rule of the British, first at Panipat and then as Assye.
Life of William Carey George Smith 1876
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These simple-to-prepare recipes for the kind of delectable dishes people crave but feel they can't eat when trying to be healthy and trim, actually can be the basis of a personal weight-loss plan.
WN.com - Articles related to 6 bad eating habits your mother taught you 2010
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These simple-to-prepare recipes for the kind of delectable dishes people crave but feel they can't eat when trying to be healthy and trim, actually can be the basis of a personal weight-loss plan.
WN.com - Articles related to 6 bad eating habits your mother taught you 2010
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These simple-to-prepare recipes for the kind of delectable dishes people crave but feel they can't eat when trying to be healthy and trim, actually can be the basis of
WN.com - Articles related to 6 bad eating habits your mother taught you 2010
oroboros commented on the word delectable
dELectabLE
April 26, 2008