Delight

What “Delight” means

Noun

1. Joy; pleasure.
2. Something that gives great joy or pleasure.

Verb

1. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
2. To have or take great pleasure.

Where the word comes from

Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict.

Business name ideas with “Delight”

Industries where “Delight” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Gift Shop
• Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores