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delectable

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/dɪˈlɛktəbəl/(UK)
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/dɪˈlɛktəbəl/(UK) · [dɪˈlɛktəbəɫ](UK)

Definition of delectable

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.”
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adj

  1. Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.”

noun

  1. Something that is delectable.
    “These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft.”

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Etymology

From Middle English delectable, from Middle French délectable, from Old French delectable, from Medieval Latin delectare (“to delight”). By surface analysis, delect + -able. Piecewise doublet of delightable.

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