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Delighted
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Pictures here should convey all the ways that weather keeps us guessing and delighted.
- He particularly wanted this shoe and was delighted with it.
- Obviously, if a bigfoot corpse turned up tomorrow, science would be delighted to accept bigfoot as a reality.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun
1.
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
2.
something that gives great pleasure: The dance was a delight to see.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give great pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoyment to; please highly: The show delighted everyone.
verb (used without object)
4.
to have great pleasure; take pleasure (followed by in or an infinitive): She delights in going for long walks in the country.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) respelling, after light1, of earlier delite, Middle English deliten < Anglo-French deliter, Old French delitier < Latin delectāre (see delectable); (noun) respelling (as above) of Middle English delit < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of v.
1175–1225; (v.) respelling, after light1, of earlier delite, Middle English deliten < Anglo-French deliter, Old French delitier < Latin delectāre (see delectable); (noun) respelling (as above) of Middle English delit < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of v.
Related forms
de·light·er, noun
de·light·ing·ly, adverb
de·light·less, adjective
self-de·light, noun
un·de·light·ing, adjective
Antonyms
1. distress. 2. disappointment.
1. distress. 2. disappointment.
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