delight

CEFRB1

/dəˈlaɪt/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    Great pleasure or happiness.

  2. 02

    verb

    To give someone great pleasure.

Examples

  • I read your new book with real delight.

  • This news will delight his fans all over the world.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something that gives great joy or pleasure.

  2. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

  3. Joy; pleasure.

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In context

  • Censorious people delight in casting blame.

  • A beautiful landscape delights the eye.

  • 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,

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Origin

noun

Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict.