delite

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See also: délité, délite, and dělíte

Latin

Participle

dēlite

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēlitus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French delit, from the verb deliter.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

delite (plural delites)

  1. Delightfulness; a feeling of joy or mirth, especially one that is sexual:
    1. Enjoyability or delightfulness considered in the abstract or in general.
    2. One's experiencing of delight; a delightful time or place.
    3. A spiritual or religious feeling of gratitude, joy, and elation.
    4. A feeling of delightfulness due to a certain activity or behaviour.
    5. A want or wish; something that one would like to do.
  2. A behaviour that induces delightfulness; a delight or pleasure:
    1. A spiritual or religious pleasure, comfort, or belief.
    2. Something done as fun, recreation, or entertainment.
    3. Copulation; sexual intercourse or congress.
Descendants
  • English: delight (influenced by light)
  • Scots: delite, delicht (influenced by licht)
  • Yola: deligkt (influenced by lhygt)
References

Adjective

delite

  1. (rare) Delightful; causing delight, joy, or mirth.
  2. (rare) Helpful, useful; providing aid.
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Etymology 2

Verb

delite

  1. Alternative form of deliten

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

delite (Cyrillic spelling делите)

  1. inflection of deliti:
    1. second-person plural present
    2. second-person plural imperative