delite

See also: délité, délite, and dělíte

Latin

Participle

dēlite

1. vocative masculine singular of dēlitus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French delit, from the verb deliter.

Alternative forms

• delijt, delit, delyt, delyte
• deliȝt, deliht, delyght (influenced by light)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈliːt(ə)/

Noun

delite (plural delites)

1. Delightfulness; a feeling of joy or mirth, especially one that is sexual:
   1. Enjoyability or delightfulness considered in the abstract or in general.
   2. One's experiencing of delight; a delightful time or place.
   3. A spiritual or religious feeling of gratitude, joy, and elation.
   4. A feeling of delightfulness due to a certain activity or behaviour.
   5. A want or wish; something that one would like to do.
2. A behaviour that induces delightfulness; a delight or pleasure:
   1. A spiritual or religious pleasure, comfort, or belief.
   2. Something done as fun, recreation, or entertainment.
   3. Copulation; sexual intercourse or congress.

Related terms

• delitable
• delitabilite
• delitably
• deliten
• delityng

Descendants

• English: delight (influenced by light)
• Scots: delite, delicht (influenced by licht)
• Yola: deligkt (influenced by lhygt)

References

• “dēlīt(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-26.

Adjective

delite

1. (rare) Delightful; causing delight, joy, or mirth.
2. (rare) Helpful, useful; providing aid.

References

• “dēlīte, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-26.

Etymology 2

Verb

delite

1. Alternative form of deliten

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

delite (Cyrillic spelling делите)

1. inflection of deliti:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural imperative