"delight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/ Audio: en-us-delight.ogg Forms: delights [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: 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 (“I lure, I 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|delite}} Middle English delite, {{der|en|fro|deleiter}} Old French deleiter, {{der|en|la|dēlectō|dēlectāre|to delight, please}} Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*lakjō||to draw, pull}} Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), {{doublet|en|delect}} Doublet of delect Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delight (countable and uncountable, plural delights)
  1. Joy; pleasure. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (joy, pleasure): τέρψις (térpsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), فُرْجَة (furja) [feminine] (Arabic), ցնծություն (cʻncutʻyun) (Armenian), հրճվանք (hrčvankʻ) (Armenian), հիացմունք (hiacʻmunkʻ) (Armenian), захапле́нне (zaxapljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), асало́да (asalóda) [feminine] (Belarusian), уце́ха (ucjéxa) [feminine] (Belarusian), задавальне́нне (zadavalʹnjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), прые́мнасць (pryjémnascʹ) [neuter] (Belarusian), আমোদ (amōd) (Bengali), насла́да (nasláda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), удово́лствие (udovólstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), delit [masculine] (Catalan), plaer [masculine] (Catalan), 樂趣 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐趣 (lèqù) (Chinese Mandarin), rozkoš [feminine] (Czech), potěšení [neuter] (Czech), požitek [masculine] (Czech), vreugde [feminine] (Dutch), plezier [neuter] (Dutch), ilo (Finnish), plaisir (French), délice (French), joie (French), ledicia [feminine] (Galician), Freude [feminine] (German), Entzückung [feminine] (German), Wohlgefallen [neuter] (German), Lust [feminine] (German), χαρά (chará) [feminine] (Greek), ख़ुश (xuś) [masculine] (Hindi), आनंद (ānand) [masculine] (Hindi), boldogság (Hungarian), öröm (Hungarian), élvezet (Hungarian), delekteso (Ido), delizia [feminine] (Italian), piacere [masculine] (Italian), 喜び (yorokobi) (alt: よろこび) (Japanese), 기쁨 (gippeum) (Korean), 즐거움 (jeulgeoum) (Korean), gaudium [neuter] (Latin), frūctus [masculine] (Latin), задоволство (zadovolstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), hurō (Maori), harikoa (Maori), manahau (Maori), mdjipvio (Ngazidja Comorian), wynn [feminine] (Old English), خرسندی (xorsandi) (Persian), radość [feminine] (Polish), rozkosz [feminine] (Polish), przyjemność [feminine] (Polish), zachwyt [masculine] (Polish), deleite (Portuguese), deliciu [neuter] (Romanian), desfătare [feminine] (Romanian), plăcere [feminine] (Romanian), juisare [feminine] (Romanian), восто́рг (vostórg) [masculine] (Russian), наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) [neuter] (Russian), удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) [neuter] (Russian), सुख (sukha) (Sanskrit), चनस् (canas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), sogan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), срећа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sreća [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rozkoš [feminine] (Slovak), potešenie [neuter] (Slovak), pôžitok [masculine] (Slovak), deleite (Spanish), regocijo (Spanish), delicia [feminine] (Spanish), placer [masculine] (Spanish), delectación [feminine] (Spanish), gozo [masculine] (Spanish), สุข (sùk) (Thai), plānto (Tocharian B), yāso (Tocharian B), sevinç (Turkish), neşe (Turkish), mutluluk (Turkish), 𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚 (nʿmt) (Ugaritic), захо́плення (zaxóplennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), насоло́да (nasolóda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), за́хват (záxvat) [masculine] (Ukrainian), уті́ха (utíxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), розкошува́ння (rozkošuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), задово́лення (zadovólennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), приє́мність (pryjémnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), خوش (xuś) [masculine] (Urdu), niềm vui (Vietnamese)
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  2. Something that gives great joy or pleasure. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (thing that gives pleasure): χάρμα (khárma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), agrablaĵo (Esperanto), gaudium [neuter] (Latin)

Verb

IPA: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/ Audio: en-us-delight.ogg Forms: delights [present, singular, third-person], delighting [participle, present], delighted [participle, past], delighted [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: 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 (“I lure, I 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|delite}} Middle English delite, {{der|en|fro|deleiter}} Old French deleiter, {{der|en|la|dēlectō|dēlectāre|to delight, please}} Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*lakjō||to draw, pull}} Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), {{doublet|en|delect}} Doublet of delect Head templates: {{en-verb}} delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)
  1. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly. Translations (to give pleasure to): τέρπω (térpō) (Ancient Greek), доставям удоволствие (dostavjam udovolstvie) (Bulgarian), delectar (Catalan), lowenhe (Cornish), didhana (Cornish), bevallen (Dutch), behagen (Dutch), ilahduttaa (Finnish), riemastuttaa (Finnish), enchanter (French), ravir (French), שימח \ שִׂמֵּחַ (siméakh) (Hebrew), delektar (Ido), deliziare (Italian), oblectō (Latin), dēlectō (Latin), iuvo (Latin), manawarū (Maori), cieszyć (Polish), radować (Polish), zachwycać (Polish), deliciar (Portuguese), encantar (Portuguese), प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) (Sanskrit), regocijar (Spanish), complacer (Spanish), deleitar (Spanish), hacer las delicias de (Spanish), glädja (Swedish), באַגליקן (baglikn) (Yiddish)
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  2. (intransitive) To have or take great pleasure. Tags: intransitive Translations (to take pleasure in): रणति (raṇati) (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-delight-en-verb-5nLuKIr6 Disambiguation of 'to take pleasure in': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: duping delight, delighter, delight in, delightingly, undelighting Related terms: delicacy, delicate, delicatessen, delicious

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis": "85 15 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Emotions",
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        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 18:2:",
          "text": "A fool hath no delight in understanding.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
          "text": "[…] the isle is full of noises,\nSounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122:",
          "text": "At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:",
          "text": "From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Joy; pleasure."
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      "id": "en-delight-en-noun-5XNGoSxg",
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          "Joy",
          "joy"
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          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "furja",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "فُرْجَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cʻncutʻyun",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "ցնծություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hrčvankʻ",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "հրճվանք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hiacʻmunkʻ",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "հիացմունք"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zaxapljénnje",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "захапле́нне"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "asalóda",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "асало́да"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "roman": "ucjéxa",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "уце́ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "zadavalʹnjénnje",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "задавальне́нне"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "pryjémnascʹ",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "прые́мнасць"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "amōd",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "আমোদ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasláda",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "насла́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "udovólstvie",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "удово́лствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plaer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "樂趣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lèqù",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "乐趣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "rozkoš"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "potěšení"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "požitek"
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          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vreugde"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "plezier"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "ilo"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "plaisir"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "délice"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "joie"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ledicia"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Freude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Entzückung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Wohlgefallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lust"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chará",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "χαρά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "térpsis",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "τέρψις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xuś",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ख़ुश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ānand",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "आनंद"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "boldogság"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "öröm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "élvezet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "delekteso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delizia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piacere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "alt": "よろこび",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yorokobi",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "喜び"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gippeum",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "기쁨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeulgeoum",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "즐거움"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gaudium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "frūctus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "zadovolstvo",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "задоволство"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "hurō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "harikoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "manahau"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
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          "word": "mdjipvio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "wynn"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xorsandi",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "خرسندی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "radość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozkosz"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "przyjemność"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zachwyt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "deleite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "deliciu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "desfătare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plăcere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "juisare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vostórg",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "восто́рг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naslaždénije",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "наслажде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udovólʹstvije",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "удово́льствие"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sukha",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "सुख"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "canas",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "चनस्"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sogan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "срећа"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sreća"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozkoš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "potešenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pôžitok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "deleite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "regocijo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delicia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "placer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delectación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gozo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sùk",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "สุข"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "plānto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "yāso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "sevinç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "neşe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "mutluluk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "nʿmt",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "word": "𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxóplennja",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "захо́плення"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nasolóda",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "насоло́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "záxvat",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "за́хват"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "utíxa",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "уті́ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkošuvánnja",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "розкошува́ння"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zadovólennja",
          "sense": "joy, pleasure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "задово́лення"
        },
        {
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          "word": "доставям удоволствие"
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          "text": "A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,\nWorketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;\nThat, if I wiſt not to be controlde,\nYet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,"
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      "word": "Buddha's delight"
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      "word": "Cupid's delight"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "furja",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فُرْجَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʻncutʻyun",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "ցնծություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hrčvankʻ",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "հրճվանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hiacʻmunkʻ",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "հիացմունք"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaxapljénnje",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "захапле́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "asalóda",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "асало́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ucjéxa",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уце́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zadavalʹnjénnje",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задавальне́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryjémnascʹ",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прые́мнасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "amōd",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "আমোদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasláda",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "насла́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udovólstvie",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удово́лствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plaer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "樂趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèqù",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "乐趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozkoš"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "potěšení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "požitek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vreugde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plezier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "ilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "plaisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "délice"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "joie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ledicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Freude"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entzückung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wohlgefallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lust"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chará",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χαρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "térpsis",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τέρψις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xuś",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ख़ुश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ānand",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आनंद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "boldogság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "öröm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "élvezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "delekteso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delizia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piacere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よろこび",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yorokobi",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "喜び"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gippeum",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "기쁨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeulgeoum",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "즐거움"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gaudium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frūctus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zadovolstvo",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задоволство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "hurō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "harikoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "manahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "mdjipvio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wynn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xorsandi",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "خرسندی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozkosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjemność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zachwyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "deleite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "deliciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desfătare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plăcere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "juisare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vostórg",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "восто́рг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naslaždénije",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наслажде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udovólʹstvije",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удово́льствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sukha",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "सुख"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "canas",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "चनस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sogan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "срећа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sreća"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozkoš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "potešenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pôžitok"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "deleite"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "regocijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delectación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sùk",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "สุข"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "plānto"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "yāso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "sevinç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "neşe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "mutluluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "nʿmt",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxóplennja",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "захо́плення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nasolóda",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "насоло́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "záxvat",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́хват"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "utíxa",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уті́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozkošuvánnja",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "розкошува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zadovólennja",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задово́лення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryjémnistʹ",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приє́мність"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xuś",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "joy, pleasure",
      "word": "niềm vui"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "thing that gives pleasure",
      "word": "agrablaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khárma",
      "sense": "thing that gives pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χάρμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "thing that gives pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gaudium"
    }
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}

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    {
      "word": "delighter"
    },
    {
      "word": "delight in"
    },
    {
      "word": "delightingly"
    },
    {
      "word": "duping delight"
    },
    {
      "word": "undelighting"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "delite"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "deleiter"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēlectō",
        "4": "dēlectāre",
        "5": "to delight, please"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*lakjō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to draw, pull"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "en",
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    },
    {
      "form": "delighting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delighted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delighted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "delicacy"
    },
    {
      "word": "delicate"
    },
    {
      "word": "delicatessen"
    },
    {
      "word": "delicious"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1842, Tennyson, Le Morte d’Arthur:",
          "text": "Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "A beautiful landscape delights the eye.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ],
        [
          "highly",
          "highly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.",
          "roman": "How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.",
          "text": "A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,\nWorketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;\nThat, if I wiſt not to be controlde,\nYet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1580, Greensleeves:",
          "text": "For I have loved you well and long, / Delighting in your company.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, T.J. Griffths, The Cambrian, volume 28, page 504:",
          "text": "He was an eisteddfodwr and delighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have or take great pleasure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have or take great pleasure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈlaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈlaɪt/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-delight.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dostavjam udovolstvie",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "доставям удоволствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "delectar"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "lowenhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "didhana"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "bevallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "behagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "ilahduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "riemastuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "enchanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "ravir"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "térpō",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "τέρπω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "siméakh",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "שימח \\ שִׂמֵּחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "delektar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "deliziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "oblectō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "dēlectō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "iuvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "manawarū"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "cieszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "radować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "zachwycać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "deliciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "encantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "prīṇāti",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "प्रीणाति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "regocijar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "complacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "deleitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "hacer las delicias de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "glädja"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "baglikn",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "באַגליקן"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "raṇati",
      "sense": "to take pleasure in",
      "word": "रणति"
    }
  ],
  "word": "delight"
}

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