English Explanatory Dictionary

morose delectation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of lingering with pleasure on an impure thought.

Word forms

morose delectation morose delectations

Etymology

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

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