delightsomeadj.
/dᵻˈlʌɪts(ə)m/, U.S. /dəˈlaɪtsəm/, /diˈlaɪtsəm/, West African English /diˈlaitsɔm/ Now chiefly Nigerian English.
Giving or providing delight; = delightful adj. 1.Most common in the 17th cent., but always much less common than delightful. N.E.D. (1894) notes: ‘Now only literary’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective]
hightlyOE
delitec1225
joyful1297
delightablec1300
delicatea1382
gladsomec1386
gladdingc1394
delightfula1400
deliciousc1400
delectablec1415
delighting?a1425
delitousa1425
ravishingc1430
joyous1475
delightsomec1484
wealthlya1500
delectary?c1500
sunny1565
sunshine1594
delighted1595
heartsome1596
joysome1616
gladdening1729
scrum1877
heartthrob1907
dilly1909
delish1915
zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945
c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 148 Vse precyus vnguentys..þe qwyche be delytesum of tast [c1475 Tripolitanus abbrev. sweete smellyng; L. odoriferis]. For þe spyrite is noȝt refrescyd but only be delytesum tast [a1500 Ashm. 396 good odoure].
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Longolius in Panoplie Epist. 409 Up and about the pleasaunt and delightsome hilles.
1611 Bible (King James) Mal. iii. 12 Ye shall be a delightsome land. View more context for this quotation
1760 L. Sterne Serm. (1773) x. 64 When he reflected upon this gay delightsome structure.
1892 Field 19 Nov. 770/1 This delightsome, if quick-fleeting, season.
2019 Nation (Nigeria) (Nexis) 20 July For our valued guests visiting in July, our Sheraton Lagos Hotel teams have come up with a line-up of delightsome and inspiring culinary options.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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