morose delectation
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Medieval Latin dēlectātiō mōrōsa, used and possibly coined by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologiae.[1]
Noun edit
morose delectation (countable and uncountable, plural morose delectations)
- (Catholicism) The act of lingering with pleasure on an impure thought.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:morose delectation.
References edit
- ^ Part II-I, q. 74. For the original text and a translation: