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delitable
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English
Adjective
delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)
- Alternative form of delightable.
References
- “delitable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
delitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural delitables)
- delightful, delectable
- Synonym: delectable
Related terms
Further reading
- “delitable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French delitable; equivalent to delite + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
delitable (comparative delitabeler, superlative delitabylest)
- Delightful, delectable, enjoyable; causing delight.
- c. 1360-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer? (translator, in part?), The Romaunt of the Rose
- And many a spice delitble
- c. 1360-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer? (translator, in part?), The Romaunt of the Rose
- Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
- (rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.
Descendants
- English: delightable, delitable
References
- “dē̆lītāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 November 2018.
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Old French
Etymology
deliter + -able.
Adjective
delitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular delitable)
- delightful; very pleasing
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- les mes et le vin a la table,
einz sont pleisant et delitable.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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