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Definition of "delectable" []

  • Greatly pleasing; delightful. (adjective)
  • Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. See Synonyms at delicious. (adjective)
  • Something delightful or delicious: a feast of home-cooked delectables. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "delectable" in a sentence
  • "Swift half visions of her loveliness – of certain delectable details of her face or figure flitted always before him."
  • "Well may that land be called delectable and a fructuous land, that was be-bled and moisted with the precious blood of our"
  • "At any rate it pleased us to recall the delectable lines:"