delitable

English

Adjective

delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)

Alternative form of delightable

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for delitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

dilitable, delytable, delittable, deliteable, delittabyll, delytabul, delyttabyl, diletabile, dilatable

Etymology

From Old French delitable; equivalent to delite +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːˈliːtaːbəl/, /dɛˈliːtaːbəl/

Adjective

delitable (comparative delitabeler, superlative delitabylest)

Delightful, delectable, enjoyable; causing delight.
Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
(rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.

Descendants

English: delightable, delitable

References

“dē̆lītāble (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-25.

Old French

Etymology

deliter +‎ -able.

Adjective

delitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular delitable)

delightful; very pleasing
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
  les mes et le vin a la table,
  einz sont pleisant et delitable.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Declension of delitable

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	delitables	delitable	delitable
Singular	Oblique	delitable	delitable	delitable
Plural	Subject	delitable	delitables	delitable
Plural	Oblique	delitables	delitables	delitable

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