delectable

From Middle English delectable, from Middle French délectable, from Old French delectable, from Medieval Latin delectare (“to delight”). By surface analysis, delect +‎ -able. Piecewise doublet of delightable.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɛktəbəl/, [dɪˈlɛktəbəɫ]

delectable (comparative more delectable, superlative most delectable)

1. Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

delectable (plural delectables)

1. Something that is delectable.
   • 2009 February 8, Gretchen Morgenson, “Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay”, in New York Times‎:

     These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft.