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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Delight \De*light"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Delighting.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
     F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
     (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
     allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
     a snare. Cf. Delectate, Delicate, Delicious,
     Dilettante, Elicit, Lace.]
     To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
     highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
     delights the ear.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Inventions to delight the taste.         --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
                                                    --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Delighted \De*light"ed\, a.
     Endowed with delight.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           If virtue no delighted beauty lack.      --Shak.
  
     Syn: Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Delight \De*light"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Delighting.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
     F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
     (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
     allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
     a snare. Cf. Delectate, Delicate, Delicious,
     Dilettante, Elicit, Lace.]
     To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
     highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
     delights the ear.
  
           Inventions to delight the taste.         --Shak.
  
           Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
                                                    --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Delighted \De*light"ed\, a.
     Endowed with delight.
  
           If virtue no delighted beauty lack.      --Shak.
  
     Syn: Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  delighted
       adj 1: greatly pleased
       2: filled with wonder and delight [syn: beguiled, captivated,
           charmed, enthralled, entranced]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  delighted
     Αγγλικά a.
     υπερευχαριστημένος, πολύ χαρούμενος, πολύ ευτυχισμένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  delighted
     a.
     1 Greatly pleased.
     2 Filled with wonder and delight.
     vb.
     (infl of en delight  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  delighted
     a.
     1 Greatly pleased.
     2 Filled with wonder and delight.
     vb.
     (infl of en delight  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  delighted
     a.
     1 Greatly pleased.
     2 Filled with wonder and delight.
     vb.
     (infl of en delight  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  delighted
     a.
     1 Greatly pleased.
     2 Filled with wonder and delight.
     vb.
     (infl of en delight  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  delighted
     Englanti a.
     ''~ at'' hyvillään, mielissään, iloinen jstk
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d elight ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Delighted /dɪlˈaɪtɪd/
  مسرور

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  delighted /dɪlˈaɪtɪd/ 
  nadšen

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  delighted /dɪlˈaɪtɪd/ 
  potěšen