Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: delight – delivered
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delight (-s, -'s), n. [ME delit; see delight, v.] (webplay: affords, after, beautiful, children, degree, do, ear, eye, gives, God, good, high, joy, landscape, like, Lord, man, mind, more, receive, sudden, take, thy, was, will).
- Euphony; music; glee; cheerful sound; pleasant auditory experience.
- Transport; exhilaration; elation; exaltation; rapture.
- Pleasure; joy; charm; enchantment; [fig.] poem; sonnet; courtly verse.
- Happiness; gladness; good cheer; positive attitude.
- Felicity; gratification; satisfaction.
- Blessing; boon.
- Bliss; ecstasy; overwhelming excitement.
- Enticement; allurement.
- Comfort; consolation; solace; ease; [fig.] insight; memento; reminiscence; memory; nostalgia; (see Deuteronomy 10:15).
- Contentment; well-being.
- Thrill; exquisite response; intense impression.
- Shine; glow; beam; brightness; radiation; [fig.] smiling countenance.
- Appreciation; gratitude; thankfulness.
- Praise; applause; respect; honor; (see Genesis 34:19).
- Perception; intelligence; comprehension; [fig.] capacity for glory; ability to absorb light.
- Essence; vitality; living body; breathing being; life force.
- Beauty; splendor; lovely moment; fair creature; [fig.] angel; messenger of light.
- Delicacy; delicious taste; [fig.] godliness; wisdom; divinity; potential for good; knowledge of good and evil; ability to see the truth.
- Euphoria; [personification] Euphrosyne; one of the Three Graces: Euthymia, Thalia, or Aglaea.
- Sensation; feeling; sympathy; [fig.] breeze; draft; air current.
- High spirits; [fig.] snow flakes.
- Interest; intention; purpose; activity; pastime (see Deuteronomy 21:14).
- Grandeur; brilliance; magnificence; celestial illumination.
- Award; reward; prize; laurel; [kenning “Delights of Dust”] lifetime.
- Enjoyment; relief; trust; acceptance; positive attitude; (see 1 Samuel 18:22).
- Nectar; [fig.] sublimity of nature; fulness of creation.
- Phrase. “Republic of Delight”: promised land; kingdom of heaven; renewed earth; [kenning] Eden; paradise.
delight (-ed, -s), 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; enchant; (see Number 14:8).
- Be happy; be pleased.
- Make glad; bring joy to; provide fulfillment for.
- Satisfy; gratify; provide a good taste for.
delighted, verbal adj. [see delight, v.] (webplay: was).
Joyful; happy; jubilant; much gratified; very 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; indefinable; neglected; faulty.
delirious, adj. [see delirium, n.]
- Feverish; frantic; frenzied; frayed; afflicted; stricken.
- Exhilarating; exalting; rapturous; ecstatic.
delirious, adv. [see delirium, n.]
- Lightly; joyfully; jubilantly; gleefully; freely; with liberation.
- Wildly; frantically; desperately; out of control; in much distress.
delirium, n. [L. dēlīrium, madness, derangement.]
- Ecstasy; jubilee.
- Fever; madness; hallucination; disjointedness; temporary insanity.
deliver (-ed), v. [Fr. délivrer < L. līberāre, set free, liberate.] (webplay: all, enemy, one).
- Direct; aim; throw; shoot; send by a bow.
- Survive; find safety; be released; be rescued; be saved; be set free; arrive on shore without turbulence.
delivered, verbal adj. [see deliver, v.] (webplay: mind).
Uttered; pronounced; spoken; administered; [fig.] audible; perceivable; detectable through the sense of hearing.