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"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.",
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"word": "আমোদ"
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"word": "樂趣"
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "délice"
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"word": "Freude"
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"word": "आनंद"
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"word": "boldogság"
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"word": "öröm"
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"word": "élvezet"
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"word": "delekteso"
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"word": "delizia"
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"word": "喜び"
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"word": "기쁨"
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"word": "خرسندی"
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"word": "สุข"
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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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"ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, 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.",
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"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.",
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"ref": "1580, Greensleeves",
"text": "Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]",
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "furja",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فُرْجَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "cʿncutʿyun",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "ցնծություն"
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"word": "հրճվանք"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"word": "հիացմունք"
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"code": "be",
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{
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "আমোদ"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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"feminine"
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"neuter"
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "樂趣"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "乐趣"
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{
"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "vreugde"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "ilo"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "plaisir"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "délice"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "joie"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ledicia"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Freude"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Entzückung"
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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{
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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"feminine"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "térpsis",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xuś",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "öröm"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "élvezet"
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "delekteso"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delizia"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piacere"
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{
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "喜び"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "기쁨"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "jeulgeoum",
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"word": "즐거움"
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{
"code": "mk",
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{
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "harikoa"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wynn"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xorsandi",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "خرسندی"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rozkosz"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przyjemność"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zachwyt"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "deleite"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plăcere"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "juisare"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vostórg",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "восто́рг"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "naslaždénije",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "sa",
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{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "canas",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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"masculine"
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"word": "sogan"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"word": "срећа"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rozkoš"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "deleite"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "regocijo"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delicia"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "placer"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "sùk",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "สุข"
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{
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{
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"word": "yāso"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "sevinç"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "neşe"
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "uga",
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"roman": "nʿmt",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"word": "𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zaxóplennja",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "захо́плення"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "nasolóda",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "насоло́да"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "záxvat",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "за́хват"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "utíxa",
"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "уті́ха"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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"neuter"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "joy, pleasure",
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "grc",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "la",
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"neuter"
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],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "delights",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"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": "quotation"
},
{
"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": "quotation"
},
{
"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": "quotation"
}
],
"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/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-delight.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/En-us-delight.ogg/En-us-delight.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/En-us-delight.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"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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