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delightn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French delit, delite. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman delite (also deliht ), Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French delit great pleasure or happiness (early 12th cent.), (specifically) sexual pleasure or gratification (late 12th cent. or earlier), sexual intercourse (late 13th cent. or earlier) < delitier , deliter delight v. Compare delite adj.Compare Old Occitan delech , Catalan delit (c1300), Spanish deleite (a1207), Portuguese deleite (13th cent.), Italian diletto (a1250), and also ( < French) post-classical Latin delectus (early 13th cent. in a British source). Specific forms. The β. forms, attested from the 14th cent. onwards, show reverse spellings by analogy with light n.1, flight n.1, etc., and became more common than the α. forms during the 16th cent.; in Scots such spellings have even given rise to the spelling pronunciation /dᵻˈlɪxt/. Specific phrases. With to have delight at Phrases 1 compare Anglo-Norman and Old French aver envie, Middle French, French avoir envie (late 12th cent.). the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 199 Son se me..let þe lust gan inward & þe delit waxen. a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 8164 Þai hai[l]sed him wiþ grete delite. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 5095 Fleshly delite is so present With thee. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Clarence xxxix In study set his hole delite. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 139 Sounds, and sweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden 545 New as he was to Love, and Novice in Delight. 1796 A. Witts Diary 12 Apr. in (2016) 277 An excellent meeting & my beloved Frank perform'd to the delight of all who were interested about him. 1851 10 May 290/1 The whole visible economy and adaptations of the world have a practical relation to the wants and conveniences of man, and were evidently designed for his service and delight. 1937 16 Aug. 22/1 (caption) Bloodhounds..yap their delight when they come to an open road, sniff the killer's warm scent. 2018 (Nexis) 25 Nov. a25 The announcement was met with surprise and delight. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [noun] > an instance or source of joy or delight ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 82 Þis cos..aswetnesse & a delit of heorte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 83 (MED) Þis Ive..forsaked al þe delites [L. deliciis] of þe world. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 688 Maydens hadden swich despit To been defouled with mannes foul delit. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 269 In his delytis settes his hert fast. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. v. 149 Why Sir Iohn, do you thinke..that euer the deuill could haue made you our delight ? View more context for this quotation 1711 A. Pope 9 Be Homer's Works your Study, and Delight. 1807 B. H. Malkin I. xii. 393 Corn-fields, orchards, and all the delights of fertility and cultivation, detain the feasted eye. 1917 J. Martin Diary 16 Nov. in (2010) 133 Their chief delight is to stand gloomily at street corners, wrapped round in their big cloaks or capes, muffled up to the nose and wearing broad slouch hats. 2013 @ZaZaDallas 7 July in twitter.com (accessed 5 Nov. 2019) We're celebrating Bastille Day..with a 4-course prix-fixe menu of French culinary delights. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [noun] a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 187 Hwi nis me unwurhþ elc wurþliche þing aȝein þe muchel delit of þi swetnesse. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) l. 358 Fortiger..held fest..Of gret delite and noble play. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1199 Vp on a thikke palfrey paper whit With sadyl red enbroudit with delyt..Sit Dido. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 167 No flour is so perfyt, So full of vertew, plesans and delyt. 1662 B. Gerbier 38 The Louver at Paris..with the delight of the annexed Tuilleries. 1807 W. Wordsworth I. 14 She was a Phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight. 1922 Jan. 18/1 The secret of the delight of ‘bonsai’ lies in the reproduction of a piece of natural scenery in a tiny spot. 2014 @DeliaCazzato 17 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Nov. 2019) Wow the shop window @oxfampinner a vision of delight. Phrases P1. to have (a) delight. Also with modifying adjective. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1940) l. 75 & habbeð mare delit þrin þen ei oðer habbe i licunge of þe worlt. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 23349 Bot suld þai haf a gret delite, To se þam setlid in þair site. a1569 A. Kingsmill Conf. containing Conflict with Satan sig. Dv in (1577) When he hath a delite in that yt he doeth. 1742 W. Warburton 144 His having no Delight in any thing uncommunicated or uncommunicable. 1824 4 Sept. 724 Among the many symptoms of dawning prosperity to Ireland, which he had delight in observing, there was none which could have greater influence on the feelings of those who took any interest in the condition of that unhappy country, than the fact that they had with them the best wishes of a gracious Sovereign. 1905 Apr. 652/2 The butterfly collector must have..a delight in the outdoor chase. 2015 (Nexis) 16 Jan. 3 I've had the greatest delight in telling everyone I'm not dead. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 I had delyte & axed to rede somme good historye. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 8 The nobill king..Had gret delyte this Wallace for to se. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione iii. sig. kk.iiiv All women haue a delite to be suide to in loue, althoughe they were mynded to denye the suite. 1741 J. Seacome 195 They beare Sir John Stanley Malice and Spyte But to Reincounter with him none had Delight. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) xliiii. 67 The delite that men take in the sauoure and etyng of them. 1573 G. Gascoigne 315 Mine eyes, take no delight to raunge, About the gleames, which on your face do growe. 1609 W. Shakespeare xxxvii. sig. C4v As a decrepit father takes delight, To see his actiue childe do deeds of youth. View more context for this quotation 1726 W. R. Chetwood 28 Gardening was what I always took delight in. 1820 J. Clare (ed. 3) 125 Who takes delight To shool her knitting out at night. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato (ed. 2) III. 184 The branch of knowledge..in which he takes the greatest delight. 2019 (Nexis) 31 July 13 The fascination with Lego starts with Duplo-style bricks and toddlers taking great delight in knocking down any tower mum or dad may build. Compounds 1603 R. Rogers v. xii. 471 This euill riseth from the heart which is stuffed with sundrie corruptions, (as distrust, too great delight-taking in the world, rashnesse, desire of getting, feare of losing, &c.). 1678 C. Pora ii. iii. i. 551 Having the grace to be free from complacency or delight-taking in evil thoughts, and the care..to cast them out of your mind, so soon as you percieve them, or reflect upon what you are thinking, fear not, you are pure. 1999 Winter 157 Any pursuit can be carried on in a liberal spirit, from accountancy to ontology... From this wide perspective the mark of liberality is simply disinterested delight-taking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). delightv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French delitier, deliter. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French delitier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French deliter, Middle French delitter to give delight (c1150), to take delight (c1150 used reflexively, 13th cent. used intransitively with the preposition en ), to give delight to (a person) (late 12th cent.) < classical Latin dēlectāre to allure, entice, to charm, please, frequentative of dēlicere to lure, entice < dē- de- prefix + lacere to entice (see oblectate v.). Compare delight n., and also delicious adj.Compare Old Occitan delectar , Catalan delitar (14th cent.), Spanish delectar , deleitar (both 13th cent.), Portuguese deleitar (14th cent.), Italian dilettare (a1294 as delettare ). For discussion of forms see delight n. 1. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (reflexive)] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 43 Eue bi heold oðe for boden appel & sech hine feier & feng to deliten hire iþe bi haldunge. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. i. l. 29 Lot..Dilytede him in drinke. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) l. 2353 (MED) For I..gretly me delyte Euery morowe this gardyn to visyte. 1568 A. Scott (1896) 41 Sum luvaris thame delytis till indyte Fair facound speich. 1634 T. Herbert 199 He has many Eliphants with whose Maiestie he greatly delights himselfe. 1742 W. Collins iii. 17 Fair happy Maid!.. With Love delight thee. 1828 I. D'Israeli I. v. 95 A life of pleasure—to delight himself and to be the delight of others. 1921 July 177/1 I delighted myself in observing a rather pronounced cheerishness which was discernable in the actions and attitudes of all the employes. 2008 (Nexis) 3 May Sometimes I surprise and delight myself by doing something that scares me. 1340 (1866) 91 Þe lostuolle guodes of þe wordle guoþ in-to þe herte uor to deliti. 1605 J. Marston p. i And if our pen in this seeme ouer slight, We striue not to instruct, but to delight. 1702 J. Dennis Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Humour which always both instructs and delights, must be more proper for Comedy than Love, which sometimes only barely delights, and sometimes is so far from instructing, that it insensibly corrupts an Audience. 1809 (Otridge ed.) 574/2 Here Isaac Reed (than whom no visitor was more cordially welcomed by Charles Dilly) was sure to delight. 1904 L. T. Meade v I mean to go to London..to meet my equals. I shall dazzle, I shall delight. 2016 (Nexis) 17 Sept. t9 This magical hideaway is steeped in rich family history and offers an abundance of natural beauty and outdoor activities that will inspire and delight. c. To give great pleasure or enjoyment to (a person, the heart, the senses, etc.); to please (a person) very much. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > make joyful or delighted [verb (transitive)] a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Prov. xxvii. 9 With oynement & dyuerse smellis deliteþ þe herte. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iii. l. 950 It deliteþ me to comen now to þe singuler vphepyng of þi welefulnesse. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1652 And ay þe more þat desir me biteth To loue here best, þe more it me delyteth. a1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer (Tanner 346) (1878) l. 266 I..was so bysy you to delite. 1535 Bp. J. Fisher (1876) 366 The loue of this game deliteth him so muche. 1615 A. Niccholes vii. 21 But as to please woman hath much starched vp man from his slouenry, so to delight man..hath the woman thus increased in prides. 1709 A. Pope Spring in 727 If Windsor-Shades delight the matchless Maid. 1887 A. Jessopp viii. 235 A half-starved organ grinder comes and delights my heart by grinding for half an hour. 1932 28 Sept. 6/1 ‘It always delights me,’ he said, ‘when an old friend sends again.’ 2019 (Nexis) 16 Aug. f6 On Mother's Day when my kids asked me what I wanted, I said I wanted to have Japanese food in honor of my mother, which delighted them. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 5793 So hij ben delited in þat art Þat wery ne ben hij neuere, cert. 1578 J. Bell tr. J. Foxe Pref. sig. C.v They doe beleeue nothing holy, good, or worthy to be embraced, but those plausible workes & obiects of nature, wherewith our eyes & senses are delyghted most. 1638 F. Junius 120 He is nothing neere so much delighted. 1711 J. Addison No. 69. ¶1 I am infinitely delighted in mixing with these several Ministers of Commerce. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 476 I was quite delighted at this notion. 1938 Jan. 55/1 The young crowd adores such ‘special’ dances as yacht dances, etc., and will be delighted to come in yachting clothes, hayseed clothes, Gay Nineties, and so on. 1960 ‘Miss Read’ (1962) xviii. 192 Miss Hobbs had trained them well, thought Anna, and was delighted that their effort was so well received. 2018 @AztecHotelUK 28 July in twitter.com (accessed 5 Nov. 2019) We're absolutely delighted with the result—well done everybody. 2. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > take joy or delight in [verb (transitive)] c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 31 Eue biheold o þe forboden eappel..& feng to delitin iþe bihaldunge. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xi. 8 A soukande childe shal deliten of þe tete vp on þe hole of þe eddere, & in þe caue of þe cokatrice þat shal ben taken awei fro sok or wenyd [L. qui ablactatus fuerit]: he shal putten his hond. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 415 He hath makid lewede folk to delyte To seruyn ȝow. 1535 J. ap Rice in W. B. Scoones (1881) 33 He delited moche in playing at dice and cardes. 1634 T. Herbert 16 They delight to dawbe and make their skin glister with grease. 1710 R. Steele & J. Addison No. 254. ⁋1 There are no Books which I more delight in than Travels. 1874 J. Morley 31 We know the kind of man whom this system delights to honour. 1933 10 Apr. 1/2 News reel editors..delight in showing numerous clips of navy and army maneuvers. 2015 @RachieJ40 16 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Nov. 2019) The trolls are already..delighting in the fact that this one has really upset us. Damage done and they knew it. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (intransitive)] c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) l. 9773 It [sc. his swerd] carf so wel men miȝt delite [rhyme smite]. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. l. 4504 And sche..So ferforth made him to delite Thurgh lust. 1517 S. Hawes (1928) x. 37 Dyuers persones in sundry wyse delyght. 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux i. 79 But all creatures, are not framed of one kind of mettall, or condition, their passions and desires in louing, being contrarie and diuers, Nature greatly delighting, and making proofe of her mightines and power, by this diuersitie of humours. 1707 J. Lacy lxii. 169 Oh, if you all knew how I delight, when I find you in your Prayers, without any thing of the World following you, into your Closet. 1846 12 Sept. 36/1 We delight when Milton, in some touching digression, speaks of the hour of midnight which he knew not by its darkness but by its silence. 1914 21 Feb. 1/1 I have scanned the skies with a chart of stars in my hands, delighting when I can guess at Orion or Cassiopeia. 2017 @IvanTable 18 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Nov. 2019) I, a junior scribe, marvel and delight. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > grow well or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > grow well or flourish a1475 (?a1410) J. Lydgate Churl & Bird (Longleat) in E. P. Hammond (1927) 108 A Sowe dilith [read dilitith; c1475 Harl. delightethe, a1500 Lansd. delitith]..in foule draff hir pigges for to glade. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach i. f. 33v The Beane delighteth in riche and wel dounged ground. 1697 W. Dampier iii. 34 The Manatee delights to live in brackish Water. 1724 P. Miller II. at Plum-Tree This Plum delights rather in the rising Sun, than one full South. 1849 J. F. W. Johnston 116 The hop delights in woollen rags. 1902 126 The scientific men—professors—make the claim that the bacteria delight to do their work in the moist mulch. 2003 vi. iv. 554 These fat, fleshy bulbs [sc. wood hyacinths] delight in a woodland location. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [verb (transitive)] > enter into enjoyment of > enjoy or revel in a1425 (Stonyhurst) f. 45 Oblecto, to delyte lykernes. ?c1450 tr. (1906) 63 The whiche makithe hym to desire and delite foule plesaunce of the synne of lechery. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) iv. vi. 136 Gyf the, of Cartage the burgh and towris swa..Delytis, [etc.]. a1641 J. Smyth (1883) II. 285 Shee often went with her husband part of those hunting journeys, delighting her crosbowe. 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