Delight
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| A wrong spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; < Middle English deliten < Old French deleiter, deliter < Latin delectare (“to delight, please”), frequentative of delicere (“to [[allure]]”); see [[delicate]]. | A wrong spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; < Middle English deliten < Old French deleiter, deliter < Latin delectare (“to delight, please”), frequentative of delicere (“to [[allure]]”); see [[delicate]]. | ||
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| *[[Rapper's Delight]] | *[[Rapper's Delight]] | ||
| *[[Turkish Delight]] | *[[Turkish Delight]] | ||
| *[[The Ladies Delight]] | *[[The Ladies Delight]] | ||
| *[[The Garden of Earthly Delights ]] | *[[The Garden of Earthly Delights ]] | ||
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| *[[dilettante]] | *[[dilettante]] | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
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Etymology
A wrong spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; < Middle English deliten < Old French deleiter, deliter < Latin delectare (“to delight, please”), frequentative of delicere (“to allure”); see delicate.
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