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delectable

[dih-lek-tuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable.

    a delectable witticism.

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    Antonyms: ,
  2. delicious.

    a delectable dinner.

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noun

  1. an especially appealing or appetizing food or dish.

    a buffet table spread with delectables.

delectable

/ ɪˈɛəə /

adjective

  1. highly enjoyable, esp pleasing to the taste; delightful

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • delectableness noun
  • delectability noun
  • delectably adverb
  • undelectable adjective
  • undelectably adverb
  • ˈ𳦳ٲԱ noun
  • ˈ𳦳ٲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delectable1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ŧ𳦳 delightful, equivalent to ŧ𳦳 ( re ) to delight (frequentative of ŧ to entice) + -bilis -ble
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delectable1

C14: from Latin ŧ𳦳, from ŧ𳦳re to delight
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Clips of that performance went viral while back in Bangkok, orders of the delectable South Asian treat skyrocketed.

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The laughs have to be served before any of the delectably dramatic desserts.

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Even if the film is horrendous, its timing couldn’t be better; a real-life soap opera blown up to catastrophic, delectable results.

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But it’s a most delectably weird play, experimental in form and frenetically playful in language.

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“Like Water for Chocolate,” has always been a delectable tale of food, love, and the power they wield when intertwined.

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