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Definition: DELIGHTOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Delightful.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb delightously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(delightously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective delightous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Delightous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Delightous \De*light"ous\a. [Old French expression delitos.]. (references)

Definition: DELIGHTOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Delightful.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb delightously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(delightously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective delightous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DELIGHTOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Delightous \De*light"ous\a. [Old French expression delitos.]. (references)