delitable

English edit

Adjective edit

delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)

Alternative form of delightable

References edit

“delitable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From delitar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.liˈtab.blə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [de.liˈta.ble]

Adjective edit

delitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural delitables)

delightful, delectable
Synonym: delectable

Related terms edit

delit

Further reading edit

“delitable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌdɛːliˈtaːbəl/, /ˌdɛliˈtaːbəl/, /-blə/

Adjective edit

delitable (comparative delitabeler, superlative delitabylest)

Delightful, delectable, enjoyable; causing delight.
- c. 1360-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer? (translator, in part?), The Romaunt of the Rose
  And many a spice delitble
Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
(rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.

Descendants edit

English: delightable, delitable

References edit

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

Old French edit

Etymology edit

deliter +‎ -able.

Adjective edit

delitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular delitable)

delightful; very pleasing
- c. 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 quotation)

Declension edit

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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