delight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

   Their delight at seeing each other was obvious to all.

2. 2
   verb

   take delight in

   I delight in cocktails by the seashore.

3. 3
   noun

   Joy; pleasure.

   A fool hath no delight in understanding.

4. 4
   noun

   Something that gives great joy or pleasure.

   Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]

5. 5
   verb

   To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

   Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.

6. 6
   verb

   To have or take great pleasure.

   A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,

7. 7
   noun

   something or someone that provides a source of happiness

8. 8
   verb

   give pleasure to or be pleasing to

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-;…