DELIGHTFUL

delightful, delicious

(adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining; “a delightful surprise”; “the comedy was delightful”; “a delicious joke”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

delightful (comparative more delightful, superlative most delightful)

Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

Source: Wiktionary


De*light"ful, a.

Definition: Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton.

Syn.

– Delicious; charming. See Delicious.

– De*light"ful*ly, adv.

– De*light"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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