delight
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/
delight
- Joy; pleasure.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Proverbs 18.2,
- A fool hath no delight in understanding.
- circa 1611 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene 2,
- […] the isle is full of noises,
- Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Proverbs 18.2,
- Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
- 1580, Greensleeves,
- Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 5, lines 17-19,
- […] Awake
- My fairest, my espous’d, my latest found,
- Heav’ns last best gift, my ever new delight,
- 1580, Greensleeves,
- French: plaisir, délice, joie
- German: Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen, Lust
- Italian: delizia, piacere
- Portuguese: deleite
- Russian: восто́рг
- Spanish: deleite, regocijo, delicia, placer, delectación, gozo
delight (delights, present participle delighting; past and past participle delighted)
- To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
- 1580, Greensleeves:
- For I have loved you well and long, / Delighting in your company.
- 1842, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King#The Passing of Arthur:
- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
- A beautiful landscape delights the eye.
- 1580, Greensleeves:
- (intransitive) To have or take great pleasure.
- 1908, T.J. Griffths, The Cambrian (volume 28, page 504)
- He was an eisteddfodwr and delighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.
- 1908, T.J. Griffths, The Cambrian (volume 28, page 504)
- French: enchanter, ravir, prendre plaisir à, se délecter de
- Italian: deliziare
- Portuguese: deliciar, encantar
- Spanish: regocijar, complacer, deleitar, hacer las delicias de
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