delight(1) (iou) and timorous (iou)

delight(1) (iou)

delight noun. ME.
[Old French delit, from stem of delitier from Latin delectare to allure, charm, frequentative of delicere. The spelling with -gh- on the analogy of native words like light dates from 16.]
The fact or condition of being delighted; pleasure, joy, or gratification felt in a high degree. ME.
Coleridge He gazed! he thrilled with deep delight! B. Jowett The branch of knowledge..in which he takes the greatest delight.
A thing which or person who causes great pleasure or joy, a source of delight. ME.
debs' delight, deb's delight: see DEB. hell's delight: see HELL noun. lady's delight: see LADY noun & adjective.
Ld Macaulay The poetry and eloquence of Greece had been the delight of Raleigh. K. A. Porter She enjoyed Freytag's good looks, he was a delight to her eyes. L. Blue There are many Other delights in a Polish kitchen. New Scientist The mammalogist's delightfaecal analysis.
The quality of delighting; delightfulness. Now poet. ME.
Wordsworth She was a Phantom of delight.
Turkish delight, lumps of delight, a sweet made of flavoured gelatinous lumps coated with powdered sugar. M19.
delightless adjective not giving delight L16.

timorous (iou)

timorous adjective. LME.
[Old French temoros, -reus from medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor fear, from timere: see TIMID, -OUS.]
a. Feeling fear; frightened, apprehensive, afraid. (Foll. by of, to do, lest.) Now rare. LME.
Dickens He..was rather timorous of venturing.
b. Subject to fear; easily frightened, timid. Formerly also, modest, reverential. L15.
Arnold Bennett She was..a timorous young thing, defenceless and trembling.
c. Proceeding from or indicating fear; characterized by timidity. L16.
Causing fear or dread. LME-M17.
timorously adverb LME.
timorousness noun L15.

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