oblectation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin oblectātiō (“delight, amusement”). Equivalent to oblectate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oblectation (plural oblectations)
- (obsolete) The act of pleasing highly, or state of being greatly pleased; delight.
- 1814, Walter Scott, chapter 12, in Waverley:
- "No, sir, though I am myself of a strong temperament, I abhor ebriety, and detest those who swallow wine gulae causa, for the oblectation of the gullet […] "
- 1898, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Occult Philosophy Or Magic:
- Whereof the first is called oblectation, which is a certain quietness or assentation of the mind or will, because it obeys, and not willingly consents to that pleasantness which the senses hold forth […]