adj.

1. Greatly pleasing; delightful.
2. Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. See synonyms at delicious.

n.

Something delightful or delicious: a feast of home-cooked delectables.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēlectābilis, from dēlectāre, to please. See delight.]

delectability de·lec'ta·bil'i·ty or de·lec'ta·ble·ness n.
delectably de·lec'ta·bly adv.

adjective

1. Giving great pleasure or delight: charming, delicious, delightful, enchanting, heavenly, luscious. Informal darling. See good/bad, happy/unhappy, like/dislike.
2. Highly pleasing, especially to the sense of taste: ambrosial, appetizing, delicious, heavenly, luscious, savory, scrumptious, tasteful, tasty, toothsome. Slang yummy. See good/bad, ingestion.

adj

Definition: delicious, enjoyable
Antonyms: bad, disagreeable, horrible, nauseating, offensive, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant, unsatisfying

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IN BRIEF: Very pleasing to the taste; delicious.

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. — Beverley Nichols.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dejlig, herlig
n. - noget dejligt, herlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
verrukkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - délicieux, délectable
n. - délice

Deutsch (German)
adj. - köstlich
n. - Köstlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απολαυστικός, τερπνός

Italiano (Italian)
dilettevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - delicioso

Русский (Russian)
прелестный, восхитительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delicioso, deleitable
n. - atractivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - behaglig, ljuvlig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
快乐的, 愉快的, 可喜的, 使人愉快的事物, 美味的食物

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 快樂的, 愉快的, 可喜的
n. - 使人愉快的事物, 美味的食物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기분 좋은, 맛있는
n. - 매우 맛 좋은 음식

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 非常に快い, 楽しい, おいしい
n. - 快いもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مبهج, سار جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נחמד, נעים, טעים‬
n. - ‮מתאבן טעים‬

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