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delectation|diːlɛkˈteɪʃən|
Also 4 -aciun, 4–5 -acioun, 5–6 -acion, -acyon(e, etc.; also dilect-.
[a. OF. delectation (12th c. in Hatzf.), also delitacion (Godef.), ad. L. dēlectātiōn-em, n. of action from dēlectāre to delight.]
The action of delighting; delight, enjoyment, great pleasure.
Formerly in general use, and denoting all kinds of pleasure from sensual to spiritual; now (since c 1700) rarer, more or less affected or humorous, and restricted to the lighter kinds of pleasure.
13..S. Augustin 730 in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. 74 Þat luttel delectaciun Þat he feled in his etyng. 1382Wyclif 2 Macc. ii. 26 Sothely we curiden..that it were delectacioun, or lykyng, of ynwitt to men willynge for to reede. 1435Misyn Fire of Love v. 9 Wyckyd treuly þis warld lufe, settand þere-in þe lust of þere delectacyone. 1526Tindale 2 Cor. xii. 10 Therefore have I delectacion in infirmities. 1570Dee Math. Pref. 32 To the glory of God, and to our honest delectation in earth. 1620Venner Via Recta iv. 75 It is pleasant to the pallat, and induceth..a smoothing delectation to the gullet. a1711Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 96 Liking shoots up unheeded to Delight, And Delectations soon Consent excite. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Garth, ‘The Dispensary’..appears..to want something of poetical ardour and something of general delectation. 1846Dickens Cricket on Hearth i, Reproducing scraps of conversation for the delectation of the baby. 1892Times 27 Dec. 7/1 A great many other entertainments were provided for the public delectation.
b. transf. Something that delights; a delight.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 249 That the citesynnes scholde dispute of the commune profette yn tylle none: and not attende to eny other delectacion. 1536Primer Hen. VIII, 149 Of mind Thou art the delectation, Of pure love the insuation. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 63 If solitarinesse and living alone be your delectation. |