delitable
English
Adjective
delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)
- Alternative form of delightable
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for delitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French delitable; equivalent to delite + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːˈliːtaːbəl/, /dɛˈliːtaːbəl/
Adjective
delitable (comparative delitabeler, superlative delitabylest)
- Delightful, delectable, enjoyable; causing delight.
- Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
- (rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.
Descendants
- English: delightable, delitable
References
- “dē̆lītāble (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-25.
Old French
Etymology
deliter + -able.
Adjective
delitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular delitable)
- delightful; very pleasing
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- les mes et le vin a la table,
einz sont pleisant et delitable.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Declension
Declension of delitable
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | delitables | delitable | delitable |
| Oblique | delitable | delitable | delitable | |
| Plural | Subject | delitable | delitables | delitable |
| Oblique | delitables | delitables | delitable |
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