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delectation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪlɛkˈteɪʃən/ (UK)
  • /ˌdiːlɛkˈteɪʃən/ (UK)
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Etymology

Attested from the mid 14th century, from Old French delectation (“enjoyment”), from Latin dēlectātiōnem, accusative singular of dēlectātiō, from the verb Latin dēlectō (“to delight, charm, please”), frequentative of dēliciō, from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. By surface analysis, delect + -ation or delectate + -ion. Related to delight and delicious.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Great pleasure; delight.
    • Do not let us men despise these instincts because we cannot feel them. These women were made for our comfort and delectation, gentlemen,—with all the rest of the minor animals. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 22, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

Forms

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Deriveds

morose delectation

Synonyms

delection

Translations (17)

bg удоволствие (great pleasure; delight) · fi mielihyvä (great pleasure; delight) · nb glede (great pleasure; delight) · ro desfătare (great pleasure; delight) · fi ilo (great pleasure; delight) · bg наслада (great pleasure; delight) · ru наслажде́ние (great pleasure; delight) · fi nautinto (great pleasure; delight) · es delectación (great pleasure; delight) · es deleite (great pleasure; delight) · da fornøjelse (great pleasure; delight) · ro delectare (great pleasure; delight) · da glæde (great pleasure; delight) · pl rozkoszowanie się (great pleasure; delight) · fi iloitseminen (great pleasure; delight) · fi delektaatio (great pleasure; delight) · ru удово́льствие (great pleasure; delight)