Word Meanings - DELIGHTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Capable of delighting; delightful. Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.
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- DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - SPICEWOOD
An American shrub , the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush. - SPICEBUSH
Spicewood. - DELIGHTOUS
Delightful. Rom. of R. - DELIGHTFUL
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. - SPICE
espece, F. épice spice, espèce species, fr. L. species particular sort or kind, a species, a sight, appearance, show, LL., spices, drugs, etc., of the same sort, fr. L. specere to look. See Spy, and 1. Species; kind. The spices of penance ben - SPICENUT
A small crisp cake, highly spiced. - DELIGHTSOME
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. - CAPABLENESS
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency. - DELIGHT
1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. - DELIGHTEDLY
With delight; gladly. - DELIGHTED
Endowed with delight. If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak. Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad. - DELIGHTABLE
Capable of delighting; delightful. Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R. - DELIGHTER
One who gives or takes delight. - SPICERY
1. Spices, in general. Chaucer. 2. A repository of spices. Addison. - SPICER
1. One who seasons with spice. 2. One who deals in spice. Piers Plowman. - CAPABLE
1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior. 2. - UNCAPABLE
Incapable. "Uncapable of conviction." Locke. - HOSPICE
A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard. (more info) strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See - INCAPABLE
Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit - ALLSPICE
The berry of the pimento , a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name - OVERCAPABLE
Too capable. Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker. - OVERDELIGHTED
Delighted beyond measure. - UNSCAPABLE
Not be escaped; inevitable. Wyclif.