delitable

English

Adjective

delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)

1. Alternative form of delightable

References

• “delitable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

From delitar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.liˈtab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.liˈta.ble]

Adjective

delitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural delitables)

1. delightful, delectable

   Synonym: delectable

Related terms

• delit

Further reading

• “delitable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)

1. Delightful, delectable, enjoyable; causing delight.
   • c. 1360-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer? (translator, in part?), The Romaunt of the Rose

     And many a spice delitble

2. Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
3. (rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.

Descendants

• English: delightable, delitable

References

• “dē̆lītāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-25.

Old French

Etymology

deliter +‎ -able.

Adjective

delitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular delitable)

1. 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

Declension of delitable

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	delitables	delitable	delitable
	Oblique	delitable	delitable	delitable
Plural	Subject	delitable	delitables	delitable
	Oblique	delitables	delitables	delitable