Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Delightfulness; the quality of imparting pleasure.
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- noun The state or quality of being
delectable .
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Examples
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One of these days soon, I am taking the recently vacationed and presently back in the thick of things Chili on a cupcake tasting expedition, to indulge our senses with massive amounts of delectableness.
Ten Things Tuesday – Monkey’s Poem « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2009
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I made this big bowl of satin-delectableness yesterday for some birthday cupcakes.
project wedding cake: swiss buttercream | smitten kitchen 2008
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Tabernacles, for instance, was liberal and happy, bright and smiling; it was the enthusiasm of pastime, the psalm of delectableness.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Half the delectableness is in breaking down these frail and exquisite walls yourself, and tasting the nectar before it has lost its freshness by the contact with the air.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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Even should she prove a comely maiden enough in other respects, the odds were ten to one that her teeth were defective; a terrible drawback on the delectableness of a kiss.
The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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i'm not sure what it says about me that I find your cupcakes so erotic, but these are cupcakes as anais nin would make cupcakes. gorgeous, femmy, delectableness.
Pink Cupcakes 2008
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Our power was off for six hours, which screwed up my smokehouse’s power, leaving a couple dozen red salmon fillets stewing in brine, waiting to advance to the next stage of their trip to delectableness.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: The Shocking Shocking SHOCKING Truth!! 2006
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