† deliciesn.

Forms:

α. 1500s–1700s delicies.

β. 1600s delicy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dēliciae.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēliciae (see delice n.). Compare earlier delice n., and also earlier delicacy n., delight n.The β. forms show an inferred singular.

Obsolete. rare.

With plural agreement. Things or activities which give pleasure; delights, luxuries; delicacies. Also occasionally in singular. Cf. delice n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasures

lustsc1000

sweet1377

voluptyc1380

delicies1534

1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 125^v We shall vse and enioye plentuosly all the delicies and voluptes [L. voluptatibus] of this wordle.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B5 Charon and Atropos are comd to call me away from my delicies.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B8 Their diet is luxury, and each delicy made their malady.

?1751 J. Wilson Trans. in Nova Scotia 4 A well-cultivated Place, abounding not only with the Necessaries but likewise the Delicies of Life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	delicies
释义	† deliciesn. Forms: α. 1500s–1700s delicies. β. 1600s delicy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dēliciae. Etymology: < classical Latin dēliciae (see delice n.). Compare earlier delice n., and also earlier delicacy n., delight n.The β. forms show an inferred singular. Obsolete. rare. With plural agreement. Things or activities which give pleasure; delights, luxuries; delicacies. Also occasionally in singular. Cf. delice n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasures lustsc1000 sweet1377 voluptyc1380 delicies1534 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 125^v We shall vse and enioye plentuosly all the delicies and voluptes [L. voluptatibus] of this wordle. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B5 Charon and Atropos are comd to call me away from my delicies. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B8 Their diet is luxury, and each delicy made their malady. ?1751 J. Wilson Trans. in Nova Scotia 4 A well-cultivated Place, abounding not only with the Necessaries but likewise the Delicies of Life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1534
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