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Definition: Delight |
DelightNoun1. A feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all". 2. Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight". Verb1. Give pleasure to; be pleasing to. 2. Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter". 3. Hold spellbound. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "delight" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of experiencing delight over any event, signifies a favorable turn in affairs. For lovers to be delighted with the conduct of their sweethearts, denotes pleasant greetings. To feel delight when looking on beautiful landscapes, prognosticates to the dreamer very great success and congenial associations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Delight is "to make light." Hence Shakespeare speaks of the disembodied soul as "the delighted spirit ... blown with restless violence round about the pendant world" (Measure for Measure, iii. 1). So again he says of gifts, "the more delayed; delighted" (Cymbeline, v. 5), meaning the longer they are delayed the "lighter" or less valuable they are esteemed. Delighted, in the sense of "pleased," means light-hearted, with buoyant spirits. The delight of mankind. So Titus, the Roman emperor, was entitled (40, 79-81). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: DelightSynonyms: delectation (n), joy (n), pleasure (n), enchant (v), enjoy (v), enrapture (v), enthral (v), enthrall (v), please (v), ravish (v), revel (v), transport (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: disenchant (v), displease (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Cheer, enliven, elate, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, animate, raise the spirits, inspire; perk up; put in good humor; cheer the heart, rejoice the heart; delight; (give pleasure). |
Pain | Please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise; gladden; (make cheerful); take, captivate, fascinate; enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch; enravish. |
Pleasure | Joy, gladness, delight, glee, cheer, sunshine; cheerfulness. |
In a blissful state, in paradise; in raptures, in ecstasies, in a transport of delight. | |
Be pleased; with; receive pleasure, derive pleasure; n. from; take pleasure; n. in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over; (physical pleasure); enjoy, relish, like; love; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of. | |
Right | Phrase: Dieu et mon droit;" in equal scale weighing delight and dole ";Phrase: Dieu et mon droit;" in equal scale weighing delight and dole "; justitia cuum cuique distribuit; justitiae soror incorrupta fides; justitia virtutem regina; " thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just ". |
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Screenplays | They delight in fighting duels (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) He's a Freudian delight; he crawls with clues (The Caine Mutiny; writing credit: Herman Wouk; Stanley Roberts) Some are born to sweet delight; some are born to endless night (Dead Man; writing credit: Jim Jarmusch) Under the sexual arena of earthly delight, there lurks a deadly pit of socks (Coupling; writing credit: Steven Moffat) | |
Lyrics | I saw Satan laughing with delight (American Pie; performing artist: Don McLean) How y'gonna beat it f'r a magic delight (ANOTHER NIGHT IN TUNISIA; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer) The women fight for my delight. ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang) Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night (Istanbul (Not Constantinople); performing artist: They Might Be Giants) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bride's Delight (1973) Maid's Delight (1968) Drooler's Delight (1949) Idiot's Delight (1939) Lovers' Delight (1929) | |
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 | To the surprise and delight of astronomers, the Hubble telescope discovered a small armada ... Credit: NASA. |  | Twilight - a sailor's delight. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | A platter of fine Pacific oysters - an epicurean delight displayed at Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters. Credit: Fisheries. |  | This image was taken immediately after construction and restoration were completed. The flood occured within hours of restoration and brought chum salmon into the system. The salmon began spawning to the delight of onlookers. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A bowl of berries is a treat for the eye as well as a delight for the palate. But these tasty little morsels happen to be quite tricky to grow, harvest, and handle. These crops tend to have brief growing seasons and are vulnerable to insects, disease, and even birds, so ARS scientists have given them lots of attention. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Miner's Delight structure at South Pass, Wyoming. Credit: Unknown. |
 | A framed window view of Miner's Delight in South Pass, Wyoming. Credit: Unknown. |  | Children's delight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A Navy band entertains civil service employees during their lunch hour. Platforms have been built in strategic points near each shop and workers take delight in playing their noon shows from shop to shop. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chicken delight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Purr; meow; content; rumble; appease; bewitch; captivate; charm; delight; enrapture; gladden; gratify; humor; indulge; make happy; mollify; placate; reconcile; satisfy; suffice; thrill; tickle; please; feline. |
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Francis Bacon | Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. |
John Gay | The brave love mercy, and delight to save. |
| Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save. | |
Joseph Joubert | The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight. |
Marcus Aurelius | Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. |
Mimnermus | What life is there, what delight, without golden Aphrodite? |
Publilius Syrus | Never find your delight in another's misfortune. |
William Blake | Energy is eternal delight. |
William Shakespeare | Sweets grown common lose their dear delight. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | His good sense and good principles would delight you. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | I hung my head, and put a thumb into my mouth, to the evident delight of the little fellow |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His delight was to see these forms coming and going in the fumes of the wine |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Behold this pattern of thy butcheries |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I made her a low bow, took out my knife and fork, and fell to eating, which gave them exceeding delight. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable, for literary babes who never tire of testifying their delight in the vapid compound by appropriate googoogling. The words are commonly Saxon -- that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions. The man who writes in Saxon Is the man to use an ax on Judibras |
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Dominick Dunne | Well, I mean shocked with delight, I have to tell you, because I mean, you know, I always think that the defendant who gets the million dollar lawyer is going to beat the local, overworked, underpaid prosecutor, but it didn't work out that way this time. |
King Constantine of Greece | May I say, Your Majesty, this has been a delight. I've looked forward to it. Wonderful talking with you. And I look forward to meeting you in person in Athens at the next Olympics. |
Martha Stewart | Yeah, you can go to MarthaStewart.com. Go to Martha's Flowers, and order to your heart's delight. They are really pretty. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The attainment of such a result will form an era in the history of our country which will be dwelt upon with delight by every true friend of its liberty and independence. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | But to me, my fellow-citizens, looking forward to the far-distant future with ardent prayers and confiding hopes, this retrospect presents a ground for still deeper delight. |
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| "Delight" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.21% of the time. "Delight" is used about 1,898 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.21% | 1,731 | 4,859 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.58% | 144 | 26,339 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.21% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,898 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "delight". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Adna | N/A | Biblical | Delight |
| Eden | N/A | Biblical | Delight |
| Hephzibah | N/A | Biblical | My delight is in her |
| Hepzibah | N/A | Biblical (Variant) | My delight is in her |
| Delice | Female | English | A delight |
| Delicia | Female | English | A delight |
| Hepsie | N/A | English | My delight is in her |
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1. Delight, AR (city, FIPS 18100) |
Expressions using "delight": be delight ♦ beam of delight ♦ delight in ♦ gardener's delight ♦ give delight ♦ in a transport of delight ♦ lady's delight ♦ much to my delight ♦ purr with delight ♦ Queen's delight ♦ shriek with delight ♦ take delight ♦ take great delight ♦ turkish delight. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "delight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | geniet (be glad, delight in, enjoy, rejoice). (various references) | |
Albanian | qejf (amusement, ball, bang, binge, desire, high spirits, humor, humour, luxury, pleasure, temper, zest), kënaqem (be pleased, get a kick out of, luxuriate, rejoice), kënaqësi (amenity, content, delectation, enjoyment, feast, fun, gladness, gratification, jocundity, kick, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, treat), i jap kënaqësi, gëzoj (cheer, Chirk, enjoy, gladden, hearten, make glad, overjoy, warm), admiroj (admire, adore, bow before, worship), adhurim (adoration, deification, idolatry, worship), ëndje, ëndet. (various references) | |
Arabic | فرح (cheer, cheerful, gaiety, gladden, gladness, glee, gleesome, gloat, happy, joy, joyful, liven up, rejoicing, thaw, tickle), متعة (enjoyment, entertainment, gratification, lustiness, pleasure, relish, treat), لذة (enjoyment, pleasure), لذاذة (enjoyment, pleasure), سرور (gladness, merriment, pleasure), سر (breeze, brighten, divert, gladden, gratify, mystery, please, pleasure, reserve, satisfy, secret, steer), إبتهج (brighten, cheer, get excited, gloat, glory, rejoice, triumph), بهجة (cheering, delectation, felicity, festival, gladness, joy, merriment), بهج (brighten, entrance, exhilarate, get excited, gladden, inebriate, regale, rejoice, tickle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удоволствие (amusement, delectation, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, joy, kick, luxury, pleasance, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, sport), радвам се (be glad, exult, glory, joy, rejoicing), радвам (gladden, joy, lighten, rejoice, tickle), радост (enjoyment, gladness, glee, jocundity, joy, jubilance, mirth, rejoicing, sunshine), възторг (admiration, ecstasy, elan, enthusiasm, exaltation, fire, jubilance, rapture, ravishment, transport), очаровам (bewitch, captivate, charm, ecstasize, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, glamor, glamour, ravish, spellbind, take captive), нещо което радва, наслаждавам се (feast, luxuriate, revel), наслада (complacence, enjoyment, pleasance, pleasure, relish, treat, unction), порадвам (please), доставям удоволствие на (please). (various references) | |
Chinese | 喜 (glad, happiness, to be fond of, to be happy, to enjoy, to feel pleased, to like), 欢欣 (Delighted, Delighting), 樂趣 (joy, pleasure). (various references) | |
Czech | udìlat radost (gratify), slast (relish), rozradovat (please), rozkoš (pleasure, relish), radost (gladness, joy, merriment, pleasure, treat), potìšit se z, potìšení (enjoyment, joy, pleasure, thrill), požitek (enjoyment, indulgence, pleasure, relish, thrill, treat), libovat si v. (various references) | |
Danish | nyde (delight in, enjoy). (various references) | |
Dutch | verrukken, in verrukking brengen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ravo, ravi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tøla, hugtaka. (various references) | |
Farsi | میل (Bar, Desire, Goo, List, Perch, Ramrod, Rod, Stanchion, Stomach, Streak, Tendency, Turquoise, Will, Zest), محظوظکردن , لذت دادن , لذت (Gusto, Joy, Pleasure), خوشی (Bliss, Cheer, Curvet, Felicity, Gala, Glee, Gust, Hilarity, Jamboree, Jollification, Jollity, Joviality, Joy, Joyance, Lark, Mirth, Paradise, Pleasure, Ploy, Splurge, Spree), شوق (Ardor, Craze, Zeal), دلشادکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | riemu (joy, merriment, rejoicing), riemastuttaa (make exultant), mielihyvä (pleasure, satisfaction), iloita (be delighted, be glad, be happy, rejoice), ilo (gladness, joy, pleasure, rejoicing), ihastuttaa (charm, fascinate), ihastus (enchantment), hurmata (captivate, charm, enrapture, fascinate). (various references) | |
French | ravir, enchanter, délice. (various references) | |
German | Entzücken (captivate, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, entrance, joy, rapture, ravish, to enrapture, to ravish), Vergnügen (amuse, amusement, delectableness, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, play, pleasure, pleasures), Lust (appetite, desire, disposal, gusto, inclination, itch, joy, lust, mind, passion, pleasure, sexual pleasure, stomach, tendency, want, wish, yen, zest). (various references) | |
Greek | χαρά (delight in, elation, exhilaration, gladness, glee, joy, mirth, rejoicing), ηδονή (delegacy, gusto, pleasure). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תע ו' (bask, enjoyment, indulgence, pleasure), 'יל" (discover, exultation, find out, gladness, joy), ח"ו" (exultation, gladness, joy), חפץ (article, desire, object, thing, wanting, willing, wish), חשק (desire, eagerness, gusto, longing, lust, penchant, relish, zeal, zest), חמ" (charm, grace, loveliness), חמ"" (desire), ע ו' (delicate, effeminate, enjoyment, fine, joy, mild, pleasure, tender), ע"ון (elegance, enjoyment, fineness, refinement, sublimation), עו ' (enjoyment, joy, pleasure), 'יל (age, exultation, gladness, glee, joy), ששון (joy, merriment, mirth, rejoicing), מע"ן (dainty, delicacy, luxury, tidbit), תפ וק (delicacy, enjoyment, pampering, spoiling), לב"ר (amuse, divert, entertain, scatter, sport), ל'יל (be happy, rejoice), ל"תע ' (enjoy, indulge, relish), לע ' (regale), לע ו' (cause joy, entertain, gladden), לע"ן (improve, make tender, refine, sweeten), לשמח (amuse, cheer, elate, exhilarate, gladden, rejoice), מחמ" (charm, desire, loveliness), שעשוע (amusement, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, game, pastime, plaything, pleasure, sport). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyönyörködtet (to delight, to feast, to flatter), gyönyörûség (beauty, enjoyment, pleasure), gyönyörűség (beaut, bliss, pleasure), felvidít (cheer up, exhilarate, freshen up, gladden, jollify, joy, rejoice, to brighten, to buck sy up, to cheer, to cheer up, to comfort, to elevate, to enlighten, to enliven, to exhilarate, to freshen, to gladden, to jolly, to set up), elragadtat (enrapture, ravish, to carry away, to enrapture, to overjoy, to ravish), öröm (fun, gladness, gratification, groove, joy, jubilant, jubilation, mirth, pleasure, rejoicing), élvezet (amusement, bang, blast, enjoyment, groove, gust, gusto, indulgence, joy, pleasure, treat). (various references) | |
Indonesian | senang (agreeable, glad, please, snug), menggairahkan (enrapture, ravishing, stimulate). (various references) | |
Italian | divertirsi (disport, enjoy oneself, play about, play around, revel, sport), diletto (beloved, darling, dear, delectation, pleasure), dilettarsi (dabble, pleasure, revel), dilettare (dabble, enjoy, give pleasure to), deliziare (regale), delizia (sweet), uzzolo (lust), rallegrarsi (brighten, rejoice), rallegrare (brighten, cheer, cheer up, congratulate, make glad, rejoice), il piacere (delectation, enjoyment, Favor, favour, gusto, kindness, pleasure, relish, treat, will), godimento (enjoyment, fruition, gusto, pleasure), gioia (enjoyment, gem, gladness, glee, jewel, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, mirth, rejoicing), compiacersi (to welcome). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 快事 (pleasure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きょうえつ, かいじ (disclosure, explanation of a kanji, maritime affairs, pleasure), か"き (cold, disfavor, disinheritance, dry season, evocation, frost, great joy, rules which officials must follow, ventilation), よろ"び (congratulations, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing). (various references) | |
Korean | 쾌재. (various references) | |
Manx | urrey, goaill ard-voggey, cur eunys da (gratify), ard-voggey (ecstasy, jubilation, overjoyed). (various references) | |
Norwegian | glede (enjoyment, gladness, gratify, joy, zest). (various references) | |
Papiamen | djòdjò (delight in, enjoy), gosa (delight in, enjoy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elightday.(various references) | |
Polish | oczarować. (various references) | |
Portuguese | prazer (delectation, dribblet, enjoyment, fun, gratification, gusto, indulgence, joy, list, pleasure, relish, treat, zest). (various references) | |
Romanian | dezmierda (blandish, caress, chuck, cosher, cosset, divert, flatter, fondle, pet, smooth, stroke), desfãtare (delectation, enjoyment, feast, feasting, rejoicing, treat), delectare (amusement, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, feast, fun, pleasure), delecta (divert, entertain, feast, flatter, gladden), veseli (cheer, gladden), plãcere (amusement, enjoyment, gusto, joy, liking, mind, palate, pleasure, pleasuring, prize, satisfaction, unction, willingness), mângâia (caress, chuck, chuckle, comfort, cosset, fondle, pander to, Pat, pet, relieve, smooth, solace, soothe, stroke), i face mare plãcere sã, farmec (allurement, amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, loveliness, lure, relish, salt, seduction, sex appeal, spell, spicery, witchery), bucurie (cheerfulness, comfort, ecstasy, enjoyment, exhilaration, exultation, felicity, gayety, gladness, glee, gusto, happiness, joy, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasure, rapture, raptures, treat), bucura (brighten, cheer, feast, gladden, gratify, joy, rejoice), îndulci (alleviate, break, dulcify, mellow, modify, palliate, satisfy, smooth, soften, sugar, sweeten, tame), încînta, încântare (amusement, charm, enchantment, pleasuring, rapture, ravishing, ravishment), încânta (bewitch, captivate, charm, delude, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, get over, glamor, glamour, gratify, imparadise, ravish, seduce, smite). (various references) | |
Russian | усладить, удовольствие (bang, content, enjoyment, gusto, joy, kick, pleasure, real jam, relish, treat), восхищение (admiration, adoration, rapture, ravishment), восхищаться (admire, admire for, adore, marvel), восхищать (bewitch, enrapture, entrance, ravish), восторг (elation, enthusiasm, exaltation, rapture, ravishment), наслаждаться (bask, enjoy, luxuriate, take pleasure in), приводить в восторг/ восхищение. (various references) | |
Scottish | taitneas (pleasure, satisfaction), lur, ionntlas. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zadovoljstvo (complacence, content, contentment, delectation, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, treat, zest), ushititi (elate, exalt, flush, overjoy, thrill), ushićenje (bubbly, elation, jubilance, jubilation, thrill), uživati (bask, dig, enjoy, like, relish, savor, take pleasure in), uživanje (enjoyment, fruition, kick, pleasure, treat, use, zest), slast (relish, sweetness), naslađivati se (feast, regale on, relish, savor, wallow), milje (doily, milieu). (various references) | |
Spanish | delicia (lust, pleasure), deleitar. (various references) | |
Swedish | välbehag (gusto), fröjd (fun, gladness, joy, pleasure, rejoicing). (various references) | |
Turkish | zevk kaynağı, zevk almak (appreciate, enjoy, feast, indulge, revel, take pleasure), zevk (bang, delectation, enjoyment, fancy, good taste, gratification, gusto, indulgence, kick, like, liking, luxury, meat, pleasure, relish, savor, savour, sweet, taste, treat), sevindirmek (do smb. a pleasure, elate, gladden, gratify, hearten, light up, make happy, make one's day, rejoice), sevinç (elation, exultation, gaiety, gladness, glee, joy, mirth, pleasure, rejoicing), keyif (bliss, cheer, conviviality, enchantment, exhilaration, glee, high spirits, humor, humour, joviality, joy, Kef, pleasure, rejoicing, temper), hoşuna gitmek (appeal, enjoy, humor, humour, like, please, suit, take pleasure, take with), hoşnut etmek (content, gratify, please, satisfy), hoşlanmak (affect, be attracted, be partial to, be pleased with, be taken by, be taken with, care, click, dig, enjoy, fancy, have a liking for smb., like, relish, take a fancy to, take a shine to smb., take to), haz (elation, enchantment, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, indulgence, joy, pleasure, rejoicing, relish). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sapa (enjoyment), keяp. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | усолоджувати, тішити (cheer, pamper), краса (amenities, beauty, dear, handsomeness, queen), насолода (bang, delectation, feast, fruition, luxury, pleasure), захват (catch, clinch, nip), захоплювати (absorb, bag, carry away, clench, clip, encroach, enrapture, enthuse, grab, inlace, invade, occupy, possess, rapture, ravish, take), захоплення (admiration, applause, capture, catch, dementia, ecstasy, encroachment, enthusiasm, grab, gust, hold, interest, mania, occupation, pre emption, rapture), задоволення (amusement, bang, content, contentment, delectation, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, kick, picnic, pleasure, relish, repletion, satisfaction, treat), принада (allurement, bait, beauty, decoy, draw, inducement, nest egg, temptation), джерело насолоди. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thích thú (delightful, enjoyable, interested), sự vui thích (enchantment, fun), sự vui sướng điều thích thú, niềm khoái cảm l m cho vui thích ham thích. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymddigrifo, menwyd (joy, mirth, pleasure), hyfrydwch (amenity, pleasure), hyfrydu, hoffter (fondness). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | a-hul-la. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | beata, beatae, beatam, beati, beato, beatos, beatum, beatus, beer, beor, blandimenta, blandimento, delectabar, delectaberis, delectabit, delectabitur, delectabor, delectabunt, delectabuntur, delectamenti, delectamento, delectamini, delectans, delectare, delectari, delectaris, delectasti, delectat, delectata, delectati, delectatio, delectatur, delectatus, delectaverunt, delectentur, delecteris, deliciae, deliciarum, delicias, deliciis, dilectio, dilectione, dilectionem, dilectionis, gaudii, gaudio, gaudium, gaudiumque, iucunda, iucundabit, iucundabitur, iucundabor, iucundabuntur, iucundamini, iucundata, iucundatur, iucunderis, iucundo, iuda, iudae, iudam, iudamque, iudas, iudi, iuvat, iuvo, laetifica, laetificabat, laetificabis, laetificabo, laetificant, laetificantes, laetificantia, laetificasti, laetificat, laetificaverat, laetificaverunt, laetificavit, laetificet, laetifico, laetifico letifico, laetifico, letifico, laetitia, laetitia letitia leticia, mulsisti, mulsum, oblectabit, oblectantur, oblectaret, oblectat, oblecteris, voluptas, voluptate, voluptatem, voluptati, voluptatibus, voluptatis, voluptatium. (various references) |
| Classical Hebrew | 200 BCE-Modern | eden. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | rafedhrâi. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | dream. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | plesir. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | liste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Qusiai asebwn bdelugma kuriw eucai de kateuqunontwn dektai par' autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Victimae impiorum abominabiles Domino vota iustorum placabilia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The sacrifise of victorie of vnpitous men wlatesum to the Lord; the vouwis of riytwys men plesable. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang halad sa tawong dautan maoy usa ka dulumtanan kang Jehova; Apan ang pag-ampo sa tawong matul-id maoy iyang kalipay. |
| Chinese | 惡 人 獻 祭 、 為 耶 ' 華 所 憎 惡 ． 正 直 人 祈 禱 、 為 他 所 喜 悅 。 |
| Croatian | Žrtva opakog mrska je Jahvi, a mila mu je molitva pravednika. |
| Danish | Gudløses Offer er HERREN en Gru, retsindiges Bøn har han Velbehag i. |
| Dutch | Het offer der goddelozen is den HEERE een gruwel; maar het gebed der oprechten is Zijn welgevallen. |
| Finnish | Jumalattomien uhri on Herralle kauhistus, mutta oikeamielisten rukous on hänelle otollinen. |
| French | Le sacrifice des méchants est en horreur l`Éternel, Mais la prière des hommes droits lui est agréable. |
| German | Der Gottlosen Opfer ist dem HERRN ein Greuel; aber das Gebet der Frommen ist ihm angenehm. |
| Hungarian | Az istentelenek áldozatja gyûlölséges az Úrnak; az igazak könyörgése pedig kedves néki. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN menerima doa orang baik, tapi Ia membenci persembahan orang jahat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Persembahan orang jahat menjadi kebencian kepada Tuhan, tetapi doa orang yang tulus hatinya menjadi kesukaannya. |
| Italian | Il sacrificio degli empi è in abominio al Signore, la supplica degli uomini retti gli è gradita. |
| Korean | 악 인 의 사 " 여 호 와 께 서 미 워 하 " 도 직 한 자 의 기 도 " 그 가 기 뻐 하 시 느 니 라 |
| Maori | ¶ He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowa te whakahere a te hunga kino: engari e manako ana ia ki te inoi a te hunga tika. |
| Norwegian | De ugudeliges offer er en vederstyggelighet for Herren, men de opriktiges bønn er ham til velbehag. |
| Portuguese | O sacrifício dos ímpios é abominável ao Senhor; mas a oração dos retos lhe é agradável. |
| Rumanian | Jertfa celor rqi este o sckrbq knaintea Domnului, dar rugqciunea celor fqrq prihanq Ki este plqcutq. - |
| Russian | цЕТФЧБ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩИ--НЕТЪПУФШ ТЕ" зПУ П"ПН, Б НПМЙФЧБ ТБЧЕ"ОЩИ 'МБЗПХЗП"ОБ еНХ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "delight": delighted, delightedly, delightedness, delightednesses, delighter, delighters, delightful, delightfully, delightfulness, delightfulnesses, delighting, delights, delightsome. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "delight": sidelight. (additional references) | |
Words containing "delight": sidelights. (additional references) | |
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"Delight" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dalit, dce-lite, deigh, deight, Delbigot, Delich, delite, deloite, Deloitt, Delonghi, Durleigh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "delight" (pronounced dulī"t) |
| 4 | -u l ī" t | alight, polite. |
| 3 | -l ī" t | blight, flight, light, lite, plight, sleight, slight. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lighted. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-h-i-l-t" | |
-1 letter: hilted. | |
-2 letters: dight, eight, gelid, glide, legit, light, lithe, tilde, tiled. | |
-3 letters: deil, deli, delt, diel, diet, dite, edit, elhi, geld, gelt, gied, gild, gilt, gled, heil, held, hide, hied, hilt, idle, lied, lite, tide, tied, tile. | |
-4 letters: del, die, dig, dit, edh, eld, eth, ged, gel, get, ghi, gid, gie, git, het, hid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-h-i-l-t" | |
+1 letter: alighted, blighted, delights, flighted, gilthead, plighted, slighted. | |
+2 letters: deadlight, delighted, delighter, eightfold, giltheads, headlight, lightened, lightered, relighted, sidelight, uplighted. | |
+3 letters: daylighted, deadlights, delighters, delightful, delighting, headlights, hightailed, lightfaced, mislighted, sidelights, skylighted. | |
+4 letters: backlighted, benightedly, candlelight, delightedly, delightsome, enlightened, highlighted, lightheaded, lightninged, limelighted, longsighted, moonlighted, overlighted, spotlighted, theologised, theologized. | |
+5 letters: anthologized, bigheartedly, candlelights, delightfully, doughnutlike, farsightedly, floodlighted, glutethimide, lighthearted, lithographed, middleweight, mythologized, nightclubbed, stringhalted, thunderingly. | |
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