Defn: 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.
DELIGHTING
De*light"ing, a.
Defn: Giving delight; gladdening.
— De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
DELIGHTLESS
De*light"less, a.
Defn: Void of delight. Thomson.
DELIGHTOUS
De*light"ous a. Etym: [OF. delitos.]
Defn: Delightful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
DELIGHTSOME
De*light"some, a.
Defn: 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.