Usually means: Joy from exceeding expectations pleasantly.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word delight:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. delight: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. delight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. delight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. delight: Collins English Dictionary
  5. delight: Vocabulary.com
  6. Delight, delight: Wordnik
  7. delight: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. delight: Wiktionary
  9. delight: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. delight: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. delight: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Delight, delight: Dictionary.com
  13. delight: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. delight: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Delight (EP), Delight (band), Delight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Delight: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. delight: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. delight: Rhymezone
  19. delight: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. delight: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. delight: Free Dictionary
  22. delight: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. delight: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. delight: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. delight: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. delight: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. delight: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. delight: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Joy; pleasure.
noun:  Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
verb:  To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
verb:  (intransitive) To have or take great pleasure.

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