Delight Dɪˈlaɪt Delighted Verb Bre News Fans World
Word
delight
WordType
(verb)
Phonetic
BrE / dɪˈlaɪt / NAmE / dɪˈlaɪt /
Example
this news will delight his fans all over the world.
her lack of reserve delighted him.
she had a limitless capacity to astonish and delight.
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delight
(verb)BrE / dɪˈlaɪt / NAmE / dɪˈlaɪt /
to give somebody a lot of pleasure and enjoyment
This news will delight his fans all over the world.
Her lack of reserve delighted him.
She had a limitless capacity to astonish and delight.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they delight
he / she / it delights
past simple delighted
past participle delighted
-ing form delighting
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th cent. by association with the verb light.
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