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morose delectation

morose delectation noun: the act of lingering with pleasure on an impure thought.

Noun

morose delectation (countable and uncountable, plural morose delectations)

  1. The act of lingering with pleasure on an impure thought.
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Forms of morose delectation

pluralmorose delectations

Origin of morose delectation

Calque of Medieval Latin dēlectātiō mōrōsa, used by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologiae.

Questions about morose delectation

What does morose delectation mean?
Morose delectation means the act of lingering with pleasure on an impure thought.
What part of speech is morose delectation?
Morose delectation is a noun.
What is the plural of morose delectation?
The plural of morose delectation is morose delectations.

Words near morose delectation in the dictionary

  1. Morori
  2. Mororo
  3. moros
  4. Morosaglia
  5. morose
  6. morose delectation
  7. morose delectations
  8. morosely
  9. moroseness
  10. morosenesses
  11. moroser

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