"delectation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdiːlɛkˈteɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌdɪlɛkˈteɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-delectation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: delectations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Attested from the mid 14th century, from Old French delectation (“enjoyment”), from Latin dēlectātiōnem, accusative singular of dēlectātiō, from the verb Latin dēlectō (“I delight, charm, please”), frequentative of dēliciō, from de- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Related to delight and delicious. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|delectation||enjoyment}} Old French delectation (“enjoyment”), {{der|en|la|dēlectātiōnem}} Latin dēlectātiōnem, {{m|la|dēlectātiō}} dēlectātiō, {{der|en|la|dēlectō||I delight, charm, please}} Latin dēlectō (“I delight, charm, please”), {{m|la|dēliciō}} dēliciō, {{m|la|de-||away}} de- (“away”), {{m|la|laciō||I lure, I deceive}} laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*lakjō||to draw, pull}} Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), {{m|en|delight}} delight, {{m|en|delicious}} delicious Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delectation (countable and uncountable, plural delectations)
  1. great pleasure; delight. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: morose delectation Translations (great pleasure; delight): наслада (naslada) (Bulgarian), удоволствие (udovolstvie) (Bulgarian), fornøjelse [common-gender] (Danish), glæde [common-gender] (Danish), nautinto (Finnish), mielihyvä (Finnish), ilo (Finnish), iloitseminen (Finnish), delektaatio (Finnish), glede [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), delectare [feminine] (Romanian), desfătare [feminine] (Romanian), наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) [neuter] (Russian), удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) [neuter] (Russian), deleite [masculine] (Spanish), delectación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delectation-en-noun-pDNobZ4a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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