Definition of Delectabilities

1. delectability [n] - See also: delectability

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delectabilities

delaying
delayingly
delayment
delayments
delays
dele
delead
deleaded
deleading
deleads
deleave
deleaved
deleaves
deleaving
deleble
delectabilities (current term)
delectability
delectable
delectableness
delectables
delectably
delectate
delectated
delectates
delectating
delectation
delectations
deled
delegable
delegacies

Literary usage of Delectabilities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving by George Clinton Densmore Odell (1920)
"... infer that Psyche was about the first attempt to regale an audience in a public theatre with delectabilities so gorgeous and expensive. In view of this, ..."

2. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1834)
"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 ..."

3. The New English by T[homas] L[aurence] Kington Oliphant (1886)
"318. Delane, Mr., ii. 221. Delay, make, i. 81. delectabilities, i. 253. Delectable, i. 167. Delicate, i. 617, 620; ii. 156. ..."

4. Footing it in Franconia by Bradford Torrey (1901)
"... enthusiasm seems to be one of the institutions, one of the native growths, one of the special delectabilities, if you please, of that delectable valley. ..."

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