delightful

adj

Etymology: From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful.

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

   “What? a higher delight to be drawn from the sight / Of fish full of life and of glee? / What a noodle you are! ’tis delightfuller far / To kill them than let them go free!”

   “O, Joy! quicker than fire! O, Hope of things! / O, gracious gladness mighty with delight! / O, subtle sweet, delightfuler than might! / Ah, me, no fiercer laughing unction springs / From the fair Hope of things!”