delectable
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7.1
- adjective
- /dɪˈlɛktəbl/
- NSFW
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apetecible
- Or a very delectable Irishman with brooding eyes and a mysterious past?
- the most delectable
- a delectable woman
And God damn, brother, I don't know if you've taken a good hard look at Viets, but they are fucking damn near delectable, beautiful humans.
- And God damn, brother, I don't know if you've taken a good hard look at Viets, but they are fucking damn near delectable, beautiful humans.
Examples
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Who's the delectable Miss Bratt?
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Camanto lingered in the arcade for a moment, admiring her delectable curves as she strode along swept gravel paths between snowy hillocks.
Fiction book (1992) -
"What delectable brides," he says.
Fiction book (1999) -
CHRISTOPHER: You kept the delectable Miss Bratt from us.
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I was in the vicinity, thought I'd pay a call on you and your delectable wife.
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Addison thought of the delectable wife and lusted.
Fiction book (1995) -
He, in turn, is surveying the women in the room as though they are each individually delectable, like pieces in a box of expensive chocolates.
Fiction book (2000) -
When you have Karen, who's so stunning... and witty and delectable... and has those little dimples...
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Voluptuous was the only word that did justice to the jutting fullness of her breasts and the roundness of her hips, to the curve of her belly and waist, and the long, delectable length of her legs.
Fiction book (1995) -
Everyone at the party agreed that the delectable woman in the red dress was the center of attention.
Synonyms
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4.1
Attractive in a way that makes people feel sexual interest
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1.0
Pleasing to look at or enjoy and making people interested
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5.2
Very attractive in a way that makes people feel interested or want it
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6.1
Enjoying beauty through your senses like sight, smell, and touch
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3.5
Smelling or looking so good you want to eat it
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7.5
Sexually attractive in a way that draws attention
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6.9
Very sexually attractive and pleasing to look at
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3.9
So pretty it looks like you could eat it
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9.9
Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or graceful way
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5.4
To make other people want to have sex
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8.7
Very attractive and pleasing to see or enjoy
Attractive in a way that makes people like someone or something
Antonyms
How Attractive
Surface Forms
Morphology
delectable = delight (semi-transparent) = delect + able
The suffix '-able' clearly signals an adjectival meaning, but the stem 'delect-' is a Latin-derived combining form not recognized by most learners; its similarity to 'delight' makes the sense somewhat guessable.
Etymology
Delectable comes from the old Latin word delectare, which means 'to please' and is like the English word delight. So calling a person delectable means they are very pleasing and attractive.