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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: délectable, from Latin delectare 'to please greatly'

delectable

 adjective
     
de‧lec‧ta‧ble formal
1 extremely pleasant to taste or smell [= delicious]:
Delectable smells rose from the kitchen.
2 used , often humorously, to describe a very attractive woman
—delectably adverb
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