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Today's Word "delectation"

delectation \dee-lek-TAY-shun\ (noun) - Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment.

"Julia frequently played the harp, and would choose, for her friend's special delectation, her most doleful nocturnes..." -- Leo Tolstoy, 'War and Peace'

Delectation derives from Latin delectatio, from the past participle of delectare, "to please."

This news arrived on: 06/30/2008

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