delectable

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  1. adjective Greatly pleasing; delightful.
  2. adjective Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. See Synonyms at delicious.
  3. noun Something delightful or delicious: a feast of home-cooked delectables.

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  • He sailed in March, and his four months in those delectable islands remained always to him a golden memory -- an experience which he hoped some day to repeat. —  The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
  • "You are really quite delectable, Lady Quenton Harper." —  The Seventh Scroll
  • She envied him his self-control as they rode into the market and were deafened by every creature known and unknown crying his/hers/its/their wares, assaulted by such a variety of odors in such quick succession that one could not enjoy the delectable or reject the obnoxious, and the sights ... they were en masse indescribable. —  This Scepter'd Isle
  • Sushi Chef Satu Moreau will be on hand serving up the best in Japanese delectable food. —  World of SL
  • “I think with you that the life of a husbandman is the most delectable,” he wrote on another occasion to the same friend. —  George Washington Farmer
 

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appetizing ·  palatable ·  tasty ·  luscious ·  tempt ·  delicious ·  delightful ·  enchant ·  succulent ·  spicy ·  healthful ·  exhilarate
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēlectābilis, from dēlectāre, to please; see delight.

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  1. (The Middle English form was delitable, q. v., from Old French delitable) = French délectable = Spanish deleitable = Portuguese deleitarel = Italian delettabile, from Latin delectabilis, delightful, from delectare, delight: see delight.
 

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/dəˈlɛktəbl/
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