Definition of "delectation" [de•lec•ta•tion]

• Delight. (noun)
• Enjoyment; pleasure. (noun)

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• "Othewise, what self-respecting apartment wouldn't have book walls, for Angela's teethin delectation only scan months later?"
• "He became an actor by the side of whom those comedians that played impromptus for his delectation were the merest bunglers with the art."
• "So: Here today for your delectation is a piece from"