delitable (s.xii1)
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delitable (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  delectare 3,32a Gdf:  deléitable 2,485a GdfC:  delectable 9,295a TL: delectable 2,1329 / delitable 2,1334 DEAF:  delectable  / delitable  DMF:  délectable  / délitable  TLF:  délectable  OED:  delightable a.  / delectable a. and n.  MED:  delitable a.  / delectable a.  DMLBS:  delectabilis 599c
delectable,  deletable,  deleitable,  delettable,  dilitable  

a.

1emotiondelightful, delectable, pleasing: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Delitable seit a lui la meie parole  105.103.35
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  [...] en repos mis El delitable pareis  6640
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  ne vi mez tel mesnie [...] Si delectable tere ne gent si afaitie  i 71.1671
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  bon e bel a manger, e delitable as euz pur esgarder  172.15
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  un yle molt delitable e bel  43.11
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  Dieux qui maint [...] en gloire delettable  87
♦delicious, appetizing: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  une viande delitable  i 210
foldelitable  nundelitable 
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