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单词 delighted
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delightedadj.

Brit. /dᵻˈlʌɪtᵻd/, U.S. /dəˈlaɪdᵻd/, /diˈlaɪdᵻd/
Forms: 1500s delited, 1500s– delighted.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: delight v., -ed suffix1; delight n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Probably partly < delight v. + -ed suffix1, and partly < delight n. + -ed suffix2. With sense 2 compare earlier delightful adj.
1. Filled with delight; greatly pleased or joyful. Also: done with, or expressive of, delight. Cf. delight v. 1c(b).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]
fainc888
gladlyc1000
golikc1175
gladful?c1225
joyfulc1290
joyousc1315
merryc1380
well begonea1425
frikec1430
rejoiced1533
delightful1534
rejoiceful1538
blitheful1559
gladded1569
blithelike1570
delighted1581
lighted1596
delighting1601
joyed1640
enjoying1651
gladdened1729
glad1799
like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829
joyant1834
bird-blithe1917
gassed1941
enthralled1944
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxii. 91 Leaping should seeme to be somewhat naturall, and chearfull, bycause at any pleasant or ioyefull newes.., the body it selfe will spring liuely, to declare his consent, with the delited minde.
a1687 E. Waller Of Danger His Majesty Escaped in Poems (1893) 2 About the keel delighted dolphins play.
1783 M. Berry Jrnl. 21 July in Extracts Jrnls. & Corr. Miss Berry (1865) I. 39 The higher they jump the more bravos or bravas they receive from the delighted pit.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma ix. 309 Who that observes this delighted adoption of vehement rites..can doubt, that [etc.].
1955 Daily Mail 10 Nov. 8/1 The winners wore delighted smiles as they toasted each other with lemonade in the dressing-room.
2017 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 15 Dec. 16 Over a 90-minute set, she took a delighted audience through a catalogue that mixed classic carols with Christmas favourites.
2. That is a cause or source of delight; delightful. Obsolete.
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
1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B2 And thus to bathing came our Poets Goddesse, Her handmaides bearing all things pleasure yeelds To such a seruice; Odors most delighted, And purest linnen which her lookes had whited.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 289 If vertue no delighted beauty lacke. View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 104 By supping a delighted cup of extreame poyson.
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder Ded. sig. A2v Your quick and delighted equitable dispatch of such Differences as have come before you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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