Delectable

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late Middle English: via Old French from Latin delectabilis, from delectare ‘to charm’ (see delight).


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From Middle English delectable, from Middle French délectable, from Old French delectable, from Medieval Latin delectare(“to delight”).


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delectable (adj.)

c. 1400, "delightful to one of the senses, highly pleasing," from Old French delectable delitable and directly from Latin delectabilis "delightful," from delectare "to allure, delight, charm, please," frequentative of delicere "entice" (see delicious). The earlier form in English was delitable (late 13c.). Since c. 1700 "rarer, more or less affected or humorous, and restricted to the lighter kinds of pleasure" [OED]. Related: Delectably.