Emily Dickinson Lexicon

delight (-s, -ed), v. [ME delite-n < L. dēlectāre, allure, attract, delight, charm, please.] (webplay: after, beautiful, children, gives, good, have, joy, kind, landscape, like, Lord, man, mind, more, myself, was, will).

Please; gratify; enchant; satisfy; (see Number 14:8).

delighted, adj. [see delight, v.] (webplay: was).

Gratified; satisfied; highly pleased.

delineation, n. [L. dēlīneātion-em < L. dēlīneāre, outline, sketch out]

Draft; rough idea; depiction; description; profile.

delinquent, adj. [L. dēlinquent-em < L. dēlinqu-ere, fail, lack, offend.]

Lost; missing; hidden; undefinable; neglected; faulty.

delirious, adj. [L. dēlīri-um.] (webplay: light-headed, mind, some).

1. Frantic; frenzied; light mindedness; haphazard.
2. Extremely happy; lighthearted; raving

delirium, n. [L. dēlīrium, madness, derangement.] (webplay: light-headed, some).

Fever; sickness; irregularity; disjointedness; temporary insanity; hallucination; ecstasy; imagination.

deliver (-ed), v. [Fr. délivrer < L. līberāre, set free, liberate.] (webplay: all, enemy, one).

1. Free; release; rescue; save; bring forth; bear.
2. Direct; throw; shoot; give; provide.

delivered, verbal adj. [see deliver, v.] (webplay: mind).

Uttered; pronounced; spoken; administered.

dell (-s), n. [ME delle, deep or low place]

Pit; vale; a small valley; small rift between two hills.

deluge, n. [Fr. déluge.] (webplay: moving, Noah, world).

Flood; inundation; overflow; specifically the great flood which covered the whole earth in the days of Noah (see Genesis 4)