"delice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈliːs/ Forms: delices [plural]
Rhymes: -iːs Etymology: From Old French delice, from Latin dēlicium. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|delice}} Old French delice, {{der|en|la|dēlicium}} Latin dēlicium Head templates: {{en-noun}} delice (plural delices)
  1. (obsolete) Delight, pleasure, especially sensual pleasure. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: flower delice
    Sense id: en-delice-en-noun-YxjhjfBJ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /diːˈlaɪs/ Forms: delices [present, singular, third-person], delicing [participle, present], deliced [participle, past], deliced [past]
Etymology: From de- + lice. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|lice}} de- + lice Head templates: {{en-verb}} delice (third-person singular simple present delices, present participle delicing, simple past and past participle deliced)
  1. (transitive) To rid of lice. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-delice-en-verb-fxb~27Um Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 31 9 0 28 21 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 37 6 0 23 26 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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