| 单词 | for a person's delectation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor a person's delectation 1. The action of giving great pleasure to a person, the mind, etc.; enjoyment; delight; gratification; an instance of this. In later use frequently in for the delectation of a person, for a person's delectation, etc.: in order to please or gratify a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] merrinesseOE gladnessc900 mirtheOE playeOE dreamOE gladshipc975 lissOE willOE hightOE blithenessc1000 gladc1000 winOE blissc1175 delices?c1225 delight?c1225 joy?c1225 comfortc1230 listc1275 gladhead1303 daintyc1325 fainnessc1340 lightnessa1350 delectationc1384 delightingc1390 comfortationa1400 fainheada1400 blithec1400 fainc1400 delicacyc1405 gladsomeness1413 reveriea1425 joyousitiea1450 joyfulnessc1485 jucundity1536 joyousness1549 joc1560 delightfulness1565 jouissance1579 joyance1590 levitya1631 revelling1826 chuckle1837 joyancy1849 a song in one's heart1862 delightsomeness1866 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ii. 26 Sothely we curiden..that it were delectacioun, or lykyng [L. oblectatio], of ynwitt to men willynge for to reede. c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine l. 730 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 74 Þat luttel delectaciun Þat he feled in his etyng. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 9 Wyckyd treuly þis warld lufe, settand þere-in þe lust of þere delectacyone. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. xii. 10 Therefore have I delectacion in infirmities. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 75 It is pleasant to the pallat, and induceth..a smoothing delectation to the gullet. a1711 T. Ken Edmund iv, in Wks. (1721) II. 96 Liking shoots up unheeded to Delight, And Delectations soon Consent excite. 1779 S. Johnson Garth in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 13 The Dispensary..appears..to want something of poetical ardour, and something of general delectation. 1845 C. Dickens Cricket on Hearth i. 24 Reproducing scraps of current conversation for the delectation of the Baby. 1892 Times 27 Dec. 7/1 A great many other entertainments were provided for the public delectation. 1973 N.Y. Times 12 Aug. 122 One of the few bodies of work in photography to which..I have found myself turning and returning not just for intellectual delectation but out of some sense of emotional kinship. 2005 Times 15 Apr. t2 19/1 George Orwell's dystopian fantasy..is dusted off and presented once again for our delectation over eight instalments. < as lemmas |
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