delight

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delight^¹

/dəˈlaɪt/
/dɪˈlaɪt/

Rhymes with -aɪt

Where it comes from

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.

noun delights

countable, uncountable Joy; pleasure. A fool hath no delight in understanding.
Similar: delightedness, joy, glee, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, elatedness, elation
countable, uncountable Something that gives great joy or pleasure. Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]

Similar: delection

verb delights · delighting · delighted

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly. Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
Similar: cheer up, perk up, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cherish, content, delight
intransitive To have or take great pleasure. 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,
Similar: blithen, happy

Delight^²

proper noun

A town in Pike County, Arkansas.
A township in Custer County, Nebraska.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: delectation, joy, enjoy, enrapture, pleasure, please, revel, enchant, enthrall, ravish, transport, enthral, elation, gladness, joyful, rejoicing

noun

Similar: delection

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noun joy, pleasure

Español	deleite, regocijo, delicia, placer, delectación, gozo
한국어	기쁨 gippeum, 즐거움 jeulgeoum
日本語	喜び yorokobi
中文	樂趣 /乐趣 lèqù
हिन्दी	हर्ष harṣ, आनंद ānand, सुख sukh, प्रसन्नता prasannatā, आह्लाद āhlād, ख़ुशी xuśī
Português	deleite
Français	plaisir, délice, joie
Deutsch	Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen, Lust
Italiano	delizia, piacere
Ελληνικά	χαρά chará
Română	deliciu, desfătare, plăcere, juisare
Русский	восто́рг vostórg, наслажде́ние naslaždénije, удово́льствие udovólʹstvije
Tiếng Việt	niềm vui
العربية	فُرْجَة furja

verb to give pleasure to

Español	regocijar, complacer, deleitar, hacer las delicias de, delectar
Português	deliciar, encantar
Français	enchanter, ravir
Italiano	deliziare
עברית	שימח \ שִׂמֵּחַ siméakh

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@misc{delight_2026,
  title = {delight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/delight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}