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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Delytable, -abil(l, a. Also: -abile, -abyll(e, delitable, -abil(e, -abill, dylitabylle. [ME. delitable (c 1290), -abyl, OF. delitable.] Delectable, delightful.(a) 1375 Barb. i. 1.
Storys to rede ar delitabill, Suppos that thai be nocht bot fabill a1400 Leg. S. xvi. 174.
The word to say, The quhilk is delytabil ay Ib. 308.
With met [The] maste delytabile thu may get c1420 Wynt. i. 31.
For romans to rede is delytabylle Ib. ii. 728.
At that land wes profytabille, And tyll all levyng dylitabylle 1513 Doug. ix. iii. 61.
Nymphis … throw fomy fludis gray Scheryng with braid brestis delytabill 1533 Boece iii. i. 90 b.
Eder … extemyt na thing mare plesand nor delitabill than with hundis and rachis chais the dere (a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitl. F. xxxvii. 120.
Janus, god of entres delitabill(b) ?1438 Alex. ii. 6829.
Alsua is the cumpany Delytable, glaid and ioly 1456 Hay I. 85/35.
The thing suld be erest chosin, the quhilk is mare delytable Ib. II. 133/26.
Drynkis delytable and plesaunt a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1210.
Hell is a hole … Quhar licht is langorus and no thing delitable c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 120.
Ianus god of entree delytable