delectable
See also: délectable
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Etymology edit
From Middle English delectable, from Middle French délectable, from Old French delectable, from Medieval Latin delectare (“to delight”). By surface analysis, delect + -able. Piecewise doublet of delightable.
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Adjective edit
delectable (comparative more delectable, superlative most delectable)
- Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:delicious
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Translations edit
pleasing to the taste; delicious
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Noun edit
delectable (plural delectables)
- Something that is delectable.
- 2009 February 8, Gretchen Morgenson, “Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay”, in New York Times[1]:
- These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft.