delice
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/dɪˈliːs/
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/dɪˈliːs/ · /diːˈlaɪs/
Definition of delice
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(obsolete)Delight, pleasure, especially sensual pleasure.
“he has pourd out his idle mind / In daintie delices, and lauish ioyes […]”
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noun
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(obsolete)Delight, pleasure, especially sensual pleasure.
“he has pourd out his idle mind / In daintie delices, and lauish ioyes […]”
verb
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(transitive)To rid of lice.
“Every year, as a fixed ritual just before the spring break, the school held a delicing day.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French delice, from Latin dēlicium.
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