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/dɪlɪktˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
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a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
his delight to see her was obvious to all - act of receiving pleasure from something
How To Use delectation In A Sentence
- I followed him to the rear of the shop, and he began to haul down from the shelves box after box, displaying their contents for my delectation.
- And from the endless stories which swirled in her head as character after character passed in front of her for her delectation. SANDS OF TIME
- And now, for your delight and delectation: My First Online Column.
- Indeed, it was a common thing then, in places where friend met friend, for one that had a voice to read somewhat aloud for the delectation of the others, whether a pleasant tale in prose or a poetic canzonet. The God of Love
- I've finally got together some new links for your pleasure and delectation.
- My bookseller has dwelt so long in his corner with folios and quartos and other antique tomes that he talks in black-letter and has the modest, engaging look of a brown old stout binding, and to the delectation of discriminating olfactories he exhaleth an odor of mildew and of tobacco commingled, which is more grateful to the true bibliophile than all the perfumes of Araby. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
- Bless the festival delectation!
- Ad cognoscendum an usque ad pollutionem se tetigerint, quando tempore et quo fine se tetigerint; an tunc quosdam motus in corpore experti fuerint, et per quantum temporis spatium; an cessantibus tactibus nihil insolitum et turpe acciderit; an non longe majorem in corpore voluptatem perceperint in fine tactuum quam in eorum principio; an tum in fine quando magnam delectationem carnalem senserunt, omnes motus corporis cessaverint; an non madefacti fuerint? The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional
- A year ago, bevies of tourbillons and blingage were dangled for your delectation. Times, Sunday Times
- And for your delight and delectation - you too can try it out here.