Delectation

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  • noun. Delight.
  • noun. Enjoyment; pleasure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Great pleasure, particularly of the senses; delight.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Great pleasure; delight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Great pleasure; delight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. act of receiving pleasure from something
  • noun. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
  • Word Usage
    "Othewise, what self-respecting apartment wouldn't have book walls, for Angela's teethin delectation only scan months later?"
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    delight  pleasure