Part 133

Ps. xl. 8.

De*light"a*ble (?), a. [See Delectable.] Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.]

Many a spice delightable.

Rom. of R.

De*light"ed, a. Endowed with delight.

If virtue no delighted beauty lack.

Shak.

Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.

De*light"ed*ly, adv. With delight; gladly.

De*light"er (?), n. One who gives or takes delight.

De*light"ful (?), a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit.>" Milton.

Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See Delicious.

-- De*light"ful*ly, adv. -- De*light"ful*ness, n.

De*light"ing, a. Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.

De*light"less, a. Void of delight. Thomson.

De*light"ous (?) a. [OF. delitos.] Delightful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

De*light"some (?), a. Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew.

Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord.

Mal. iii. 12.

-- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n.

De*li"lah (?), n. The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.

Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn.

J. C. Shairp.

De*lim"it (?), v. t. [L. delimitare: cf. F. délimiter.] To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

De*lim`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F. délimitation.] The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.

De*line" (d*ln"), v. t. 1. To delineate. [Obs.]

2. To mark out. [Obs.] R. North.

De*lin"e*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham.