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单词 delightable
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delightableadj.

Brit. /dᵻˈlʌɪtəbl/, U.S. /dəˈlaɪdəb(ə)l/, /diˈlaɪdəb(ə)l/
Forms:

α. Middle English deleitable, Middle English deletable, Middle English delitabil, Middle English delitabyl, Middle English deliteable, Middle English delittable, Middle English delittabyl, Middle English delytabul, Middle English delyttabyl, Middle English dilatable, Middle English diletabile, Middle English dilitable, Middle English dylitabile, Middle English–1500s delitable, Middle English–1500s delytable, 1500s deleetable; Scottish pre-1700 delitabill, pre-1700 delitable, pre-1700 delytabil, pre-1700 delytabile, pre-1700 delytabill, pre-1700 delytable, pre-1700 delytabylle, pre-1700 dylitabylle.

β. 1600s– delightable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French delitable ; delight v., delight n., -able suffix.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French delitable (11th cent.) < delitier delight v. + -able -able suffix. In later use probably re-formed < either delight v. or delight n. + -able suffix. Compare delectable adj.
rare after Middle English.
Very pleasing or appealing; delightful.
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
c1300 St. Brendan (Laud) l. 26 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 220 He wende..to an yle fer in þe se þat delitable was i-nov.
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. i. l. 32 Dreede dilitable drinke.
a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Laud) in Psalter (1884) 523 The notis of luf er delitabylest in the melody that sho shewys.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxi. l. 255 (MED) Holy Chirche..is the most delitable thing In Al this world.
1565 tr. Origen Homilie of Marye Magdalene sig. B.vi Turne againe my beloued, turn again my hartes desire and dearling. O amiable, O delitable, geue againe to me the gladnes of thy comfortable presence.
1657 J. Deacon Exact Hist. Life J. Naylor 4 Though he be a man of an exceeding quick wit.., inriched with that commendable gift of good oritory with a very delightable melody in his utterance; yet he..indeavours to make the world believe he hath not at all bettered or improved it.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxiv. 10 Queen of mountainous heights, of all Forests leafy, delightable [L. silvarumque virentium].
1980 Odessa (Texas) Amer. 3 July 5 c/4 Family Weekly's food editor suggests ways to capture its [sc. the peach's] succulence this week by offering delightable recipes, full of nutrition and energy pick-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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