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 +[[Image:The central water-bound globe in the middle panel's of the Garden of Earthly Delights.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The central water-bound [[globe]] in the middle pane from [[Hieronymus Bosch]]'s ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' (c. 1490-1510)]]
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-# [[joy]]; [[pleasure]]+'''Delight''' refers to [[joy]] and [[pleasure]].
==Etymology== ==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]].+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]]''.
 +==Namesakes==
 +*"[[Rapper's Delight]]" a rap single by Sugarhill Gang
 +*[[Turkish delight]]
 +*''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'', a painting by Bosch
==See also== ==See also==
-*[[Rapper's Delight]]+ 
-*[[Turkish Delight]]+*[[dilettante]]
-*[[The Ladies Delight]]+*[[delicate]]
-*[[The Garden of Earthly Delights ]] +
-*[[dilettante]] +
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Delight refers to joy and pleasure.

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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