different between delitable vs devitable

English

Adjective

delitable (comparative more delitable, superlative most delitable)

1. Alternative form of delightable

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dilitable, delytable, delittable, deliteable, delittabyll, delytabul, delyttabyl, diletabile, dilatable

Etymology

From Old French delitable; equivalent to delite +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de??li?ta?b?l/, /d??li?ta?b?l/

Adjective

delitable (comparative delitabeler, superlative delitabylest)

1. Delightful, delectable, enjoyable; causing delight.
2. Causing spiritual elation or joy; religiously pleasing.
3. (rare) Decadent or indulgent; enjoying luxury.

Descendants

• English: delightable, delitable

References

• “d??l?t?ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-25.

Old French

Etymology

deliter +? -able.

Adjective

delitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular delitable)

1. delightful; very pleasing

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin devitare (“to avoid”), from de + vitare (“to shun, avoid”).

Adjective

devitable (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) avoidable