Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A delight; a dainty; something delicately pleasing.
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- noun obsolete
Delight ,pleasure , especiallysensual pleasure.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The dessert menu – a crème brûlée, a chocolate delice, a sticky toffee pudding, cheese – is on the big C side of conservative, and also delivers the meal's only misstep.
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Of course, there's the Valrhona Manjari chocolate delice on walnut sponge.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jerine 2009
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Of course, there's the Valrhona Manjari chocolate delice on walnut sponge.
In search of the best fish in Auckland Jerine 2009
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Tonight the RV feasted see below on delice de Bourgogne, aged Gouda and some kind of Italian cheese made with buffalo milk.
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Pauline – le cream cheese frosting au matcha est un peu delice.
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What'll you have for after — apple pie, yimpik delice, grated tarfelsoufers or canimelon in syrup? '
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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[284] Of course _dillies_ and _lilies_ must be read with a slight accentuation of the last syllable (permissible then), in order to chime with _delice_.
Among My Books Second Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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Dessert: A trio: chocolate delice almond crunch terrine and acacia honey, caramel and fresh berries, paired with a Moet & Changdon Grand Vintage 2002 magnum specially created for the event.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Dr Kinnaird, from Shipdham, near Dereham, was tasked with the desert, and came up with green tea, cardamom and lemon delice with a cube of chocolate mousse and a stack of papaya and white chocolate, topped with a caramel shard, as well as a vegetarian option of roasted pineapple and a green tea sorbet shot.
EDP24 News 2010
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Dr Kinnaird, from Shipdham, near Dereham, was tasked with the desert, and came up with green tea, cardamom and lemon delice with a cube of chocolate mousse and a stack of papaya and white chocolate, topped with a caramel shard, as well as a vegetarian option of roasted pineapple and a green tea sorbet shot.
EDP24 News 2010
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