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Webster 1913 Edition
Delight
1.
A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Sounds and sweet airs, that give
delight
and hurt not. Shakespeare
A fool hath no
delight
in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.
2.
That which gives great pleasure or delight.
Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new
delight
. Milton.
3.
Licentious pleasure; lust.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
De-light′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Delighted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delighting
.] [OE.
deliten
, OF. delitier
, deleitier
, F. délecter
, fr. L. delectare
to entice away, to delight (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere
to allure, delight; de-
+ lacere
to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
a snare. Cf. Delectate
, Delicate
, Delicious
, Dilettante
, Elicit
, Lace
.] To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly;
as, a beautiful landscape
delights
the eye; harmony delights
the ear.Inventions to
delight
the taste. Shakespeare
Delight
our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Tennyson.
De-light′
,Verb.
I.
To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; – followed by an infinitive, or by in.
Love
delights
in praises. Shakespeare
I
delight
to do thy will, O my God. Ps. xl. 8.
Webster 1828 Edition
Delight
DELIGHT
, n.1.
A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.His delight is in the law of the Lord. Ps. 1.
2.
That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight.Titus was the delight of human kind.
I was daily his delight. Prov. 8.
Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.
DELIGHT
, v.t.1.
To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents.I will delight myself in thy statutes. Ps. 119.
2.
To receive great pleasure in.I delight to do thy will. Ps. 40:8.
DELIGHT
,Verb.
I.
I delight in the law of God after the inward man. Rom. 7.
Definition 2025
delight
delight
English
Noun
delight (plural delights)
- Joy; pleasure.
- Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
- A fool hath no delight in understanding.
- Shakespeare
- Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
- Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
- Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
- Milton:
- Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.
- Greensleeves:
- Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]
- Milton:
Translations
joy, pleasure
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Derived terms
Verb
delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)
- To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
- Tennyson
- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
- A beautiful landscape delights the eye.
- Tennyson
- (intransitive) To have or take great pleasure
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to give pleasure to