Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“...
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