delightern.
/dᵻˈlʌɪtə/, U.S. /dəˈlaɪdər/, /diˈlaɪdər/ A person who takes delight in something, or in doing something. Formerly also with †to-infinitive (obsolete).
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > one who delights in something
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1567 J. Sutton Newe Reuenge for Olde Grudge sig. Avii See now I praye you the practise and deuice of the Deuill, who, as he alwayes hath bene a manqueller, & from the beginnyng a delighter in destruction, so nowe with his dromme of defiance, hath he stricken vp a newe larum.
a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) v. 208 A delighter in telling bad stories.
1705 J. S. City & Country Recreation vi. 151 They can no where better spend their Leisure-hours, than in such Company, he being altogether a delighter to instruct Youth.
1839 Substance Two Nights' Discuss. between J. Baylee & F. Hollick 27 His houghing [i.e. cutting the hamstrings of] of horses is brought forward as a proof that God was a delighter in blood.
1900 Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 17 Nov. 3/6 Plain food for delighters in the old dramatists.
2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Dec. (Books section) 30 Despite Robinson's efforts to portray him as a fun-loving, woman-loving, stag-hunting delighter in other people's company, Young radiates the anaemic presence of a recluse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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