Delectability

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being delectable. uncountable

    "If I really wanted to take full advantage of their delectability, and to eat them every day, a plan was in order."

  2. 2
    extreme appetizingness wordnet
  3. 3
    A delight. countable

    "I had heard of this court and its delectabilities, and at the same time been informed that its throne was a faro-table, to which the initiated were imperatively expected to become tributaries."

Example

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"If I really wanted to take full advantage of their delectability, and to eat them every day, a plan was in order."

Etymology

From Middle English dilectabilites pl, from Middle French delectableté.

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