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delectation

[ dee-lek-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. delight; enjoyment.


delectation

/ 藢诲颈藧濒蓻办藞迟别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. pleasure; enjoyment
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of delectation1

1350鈥1400; Middle English delectacioun < Latin 诲脓濒别肠迟腻迟颈艒苍- (stem of 诲脓濒别肠迟腻迟颈艒 ), equivalent to 诲脓濒别肠迟腻迟 ( us ) ( delectate ) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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In the early 1900s, the property was leased to Laurel Canyon Water Co., which pitched bottled water 鈥渞eady for your delectation, just as it comes bubbling from the rocks of Laurel Canyon.鈥

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That show presented the cultures of colonized peoples in Africa and Asia for the delectation of bourgeois Westerners, spurring a profound counter-reaction among Asian and African intellectuals.

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A cross between an observatory and a pleasure dome, his Skyspaces are free-standing chambers designed to frame a rectangle of boundless blue and hold it there for your delectation.

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By night she dons fishnet tights and dances as a car model, twerking atop a handsome vintage Cadillac for the drooling delectation of men.

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Add to all this the purpose of the cycle鈥檚 making 鈥 for the delectation of a world-conquering ruler who spoke of himself in Olympian terms 鈥 and you have art with a fair share of unbeautiful features.

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