delight (noun)
61Mediæval Greek — noun 50]</span>: Next day I paid a visit to a Chancery barrister of my acquaintance whose hobby was mediæval Greek, and who had written a monograph on Aldus Manutius. He examined the thing with delight, pronounced the caligraphy fifteenth… …
62venery — noun /ˈvɛnəri/ a) The hunting of wild animals. But soon enough he’d wake up the second, real time, to make again the tiresome discovery that it hadn’t really ever stopped being the same simple minded, literal pursuit; V. ambiguously a beast of… …
63Shangri-la — noun A place of complete bliss, delight, and peace; paradise. He spoke a kind of Chinese that I dont understand very well, but I think he said something about a lamasery near here, along the valley, I gathered, where we could get food and shelter …
64delicacy — noun a) The quality of being delicate. b) Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement a Chinese delicacy See Also: delicate, delicatessen, delicious …
65improvisatrix — noun A female that improvises. The point of it all is not so much the story as the reception the little improvisatrix herself received, which was not unlike that accorded Mme. de Staël’s Corinne as she held forth before the populace in Rome: “And …
66Blighty — noun /ˈblaɪti/ a) Great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad With such delights awaiting them only a few miles to the rear, its no wonder that men prayed for a “blighty” – a small wound that would not incapacitate them… …
67luna — noun /ˈlunə/ a) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna. “Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!” b) A glass holder used to display the bread of communion during certain ceremonies. On the …
68slip case — noun A removable protective covering for a book etc for, if there should appear a pocket book, which may be drawn up by a riband from its slip case . . . the child would seize upon these with delight …
69heaven — noun /ˈhɛvən/ a) The sky. Mommy’s gone to heaven to be with God. b) The paradise of the afterlife in certain religions, considered to be the home of the god or gods of those religions, and often the home, or one of various possible homes, of… …
70schadenfreude — noun /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfrɔɪ.də/ Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone elses misfortune. But it is Schadenfreude, a mischievous delight in the misfortunes of others, which remains the worst trait in human nature. , Syn: epicaricacy …
