Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Delight.
- noun Enjoyment; pleasure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Great pleasure, particularly of the senses; delight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Great pleasure; delight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Great
pleasure ;delight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun act of receiving pleasure from something
- noun a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Othewise, what self-respecting apartment wouldn't have book walls, for Angela's teethin delectation only scan months later?
Happy Birthday, Angela Antoinette Crider! Bill Crider 2008
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He became an actor by the side of whom those comedians that played impromptus for his delectation were the merest bunglers with the art.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912
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So: Here today for your delectation is a piece from
Verbal Spew jparish 2010
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Among the slew of newbies for our delectation is a legal thriller and a manga with bells (wedding bells, that is) on.
Anime Nano! 2009
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Or perhaps should that be 'delectation'; I'd noticed Julian Flynn averting his eyes, but I wasn't fooled - the way he licked at his lips gave his game away.
Archive 2010-06-01 Megan Arkenberg 2010
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Or perhaps should that be 'delectation'; I'd noticed Julian Flynn averting his eyes, but I wasn't fooled - the way he licked at his lips gave his game away.
The Mirror of Venus Megan Arkenberg 2010
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Poussin told a friend that the aim of art is "delectation"; and although the statement is not entirely consistent with some of his earlier ideas, delectation is precisely what comes to mind as you engage with these astonishing paintings.
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Poussin told a friend that the aim of art is "delectation"; and although the statement is not entirely consistent with some of his earlier ideas, delectation is precisely what comes to mind as you engage with these astonishing paintings.
The New Republic - All Feed needs-info 2010
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Biscotti were built to travel, as were biscuits, English for the often cheerless sort-of-cookielike items that seem to have been baked for durability rather than delectation.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Biscotti were built to travel, as were biscuits, English for the often cheerless sort-of-cookielike items that seem to have been baked for durability rather than delectation.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
brtom commented on the word delectation
Morose delectation Aquinas tunbelly calls this, frate porcospino. Unfallen Adam rode and not rutted.
Joyce, Ulysses, 3
December 30, 2006
bilby commented on the word delectation
"We have come to believe we can do anything. We can do anything. Accepting that we no longer possess the powers of angels or of devils, that the world no longer exists for our delectation, demands that we do something few people in the rich world have done for many years: recognise that progress now depends upon the exercise of fewer opportunities."
- 'Heat', George Monbiot.
February 19, 2008