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delightful

de·light·ful

Today it means: Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure. Full definition →

Middle English deliteful

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Middle English · inherited fromdeliteful
English todaydelightful

From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.