delitable
English
Adjective
delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)
- Alternative form of delightable.
References
- “delitable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
delitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural delitables)
- delightful, delectable
- Synonym: delectable
Related terms
Further reading
- “delitable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Middle English
Alternative forms
- deliteable, delittable, delittabyll, delytabul, delytable, delytabul, delyttabyl, dilatable, diletabile, dilitable
Etymology
From Old French delitable; equivalent to delite + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdɛːliˈtaːbəl/, /ˌdɛliˈtaːbəl/, /-blə/
Adjective
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
- c. 1360-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer? (translator, in part?), The Romaunt of the Rose
- Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
- (rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.
Descendants
- English: delightable, delitable
References
- “dē̆lītāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 November 2018.
Old French
Etymology
deliter + -able.
Adjective
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
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | subject | delitables | delitable | delitable |
| oblique | delitable | |||
| plural | subject | delitable | delitables | |
| oblique | delitables |