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Definition of Delectation
1. Noun. A feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction. "His delight to see her was obvious to all"
Generic synonyms: Pleasance, Pleasure
Specialized synonyms: Entrancement, Ravishment, Amusement, Schadenfreude
Derivative terms: Delight, Delight
2. Noun. Act of receiving pleasure from something.
Definition of Delectation
1. n. Great pleasure; delight.
Definition of Delectation
1. Noun. Great pleasure; delight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delectation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delectation
Literary usage of Delectation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Hence consent to such delectation is not a mortal sin either. ... Hence such
consent to the delectation of mortal sin is a mortal sin. ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Hence to consent to such delectation is nothing else than to consent to the ...
Hence such consent to the delectation of mortal sin is a mortal sin. ..."
3. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1866)
"The following are the titles of the nine engravings: 1, Suggestion ; 2, Rumination ;
3, delectation ; 4 ..."
4. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by William Leon Dawson, Lynds Jones (1902)
"... feeling the impulse of the ennobling passion, mounts aloft and performs some
astonishing aerial evolutions for the delectation of his mate. ..."
5. Nature and Health: A Popular Treatise on the Hygiene of the Person and the Home by Edward Curtis (1906)
"The drugs more or less commonly used by man for neurotic delectation, alcohol,
tobacco, tea, coffee, hemp, morphine, cocaine, and, exceptionally, ..."
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