Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-LI'CIOUS, a. [Fr. delicieux; L. delicatus; deliciæ; Sp. delicioso; It. delizioso.]

1. Highly pleasing to the taste; most sweet or grateful to the senses; affording exquisite pleasure; as, a delicious viand; delicious fruit or wine.
2. Most pleasing to the mind; very grateful; yielding exquisite delight; as, this poem affords a delicious entertainment.

DE-LI'CIOUS-LY, adv.

In a delicious manner; in a manner to please the taste or gratify the mind; sweetly; pleasantly; delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.

DE-LI'CIOUS-NESS, n.

1. The quality of being delicious, or very grateful to the taste or mind; as, the deliciousness of a repast.
2. Delight; great pleasure.

DEL-I-GA'TION, n. [L. deligatio, deligo; de and ligo, to bind.]

In surgery, a binding up; a bandaging.

DE-LIGHT', n. [deli'te; Fr. delice; Sp. delicia; It. delizia; L. deliciæ, connected with delector; probably allied to Eng. like.]

1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy. His delight is in the law of the Lord. Ps. i.
2. That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight. Titus was the delight of human kind. Dryden. I was daily his delight. Prov. viii. Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.

DE-LIGHT', v.i.

To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in. I delight in the law of God after the inward man. Rom. vii.

DE-LIGHT', v.t. [Sp. deleytar; Port. deleitar; L. delector; Fr. delecter. See Delight and Like.]

1. To effect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents. I will delight myself in thy statutes. Ps. cxix.
2. To receive great pleasure in. I delight to do thy will. Ps. xl.

DE-LIGHT'ED, pp.

1. Greatly pleased; rejoiced; followed by with. That ye may be delighted with the abundance of her glory. Is. lxvi.
2. adj. Full of delight. Shak.

DE-LIGHT'ER, n.

One who takes delight. Barrow. DE-LIGHT'FUL a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction; as, a delightful thought; a delightful prospect.

DE-LIGHT'FUL-LY, adv.

1. In a manner to receive great pleasure; very agreeably; as, we were delightfully employed, or entertained.
2. In a delightful manner; charmingly; in a manner to afford great pleasure; as, the lady sings and plays delightfully.

DE-LIGHT'FUL-NESS, n.

1. The quality of being delightful, or of affording great pleasure; as, the delightfulness of a prospect, or of scenery.
2. Great pleasure; delight. [Less proper.]

DE-LIGHT'ING, ppr.

Giving great pleasure; rejoicing.

DE-LIGHT'LESS, a.

Affording no pleasure or delight. Thomson.

DE-LIGHT'SOME, a.

Very pleasing; delightful. Grew.

DE-LIGHT'SOME-LY, adv.

Very pleasantly; in a delightful manner.

DE-LIGHT'SOME-NESS, n.

Delightfulness; pleasantness in a high degree.

DE-LIN'E-A-MENT, n. [Infra.]

Representation by delineation. Selden.

DE-LIN'E-ATE, v.t. [L. delineo; de and lineo, from linea, a line.]

1. To draw the lines which exhibit the form of a thing; to mark out with lines; to make a draught; to sketch or design; as, to delineate the form of the earth, or a diagram.
2. To paint; to represent in a picture; to draw a likeness of; as, to delineate Nestor like Adonis, or Time with Absalom's head. Brown.
3. Figuratively, to describe; to represent to the mind or understanding; to exhibit a likeness in words; as, to delineate the character of Newton, or the virtue of Aristides.

DE-LIN'E-A-TED, pp.

Drawn; marked with lines exhibiting the form or figure; sketched; designed; painted; described.

DE-LIN'E-A-TING, ppr.

Drawing the form; sketching; painting; describing.

DE-LIN-E-A'TION, n. [L. delineatio.]

1. First draught of a thing; outline; representation of a form or figure by lines; sketch; design.
2. Representation in words; description; as, the delineation of a character.

DE-LIN'E-A-TOR, n.

One who delineates.

DE-LIN'E-A-TO-RY, a.

Describing; drawing the outline. Scott's Essays.

DE-LIN'E-A-TURE, n.

Delineation. [Not in use.]

DE-LIN'I-MENT, n. [L. delinimentum.]

Mitigation. [Not used.]