"delectability" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: delectabilities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dilectabilites pl, from Middle French delectableté. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dilectabilites|g=p}} Middle English dilectabilites pl, {{der|en|frm|delectableté}} Middle French delectableté Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delectability (countable and uncountable, plural delectabilities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being delectable. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-delectability-en-noun-9dhPDcIp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. (countable) A delight. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-delectability-en-noun-kwOhgVLV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: delectableness

Inflected forms

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