Noun

(en noun)

Joy; pleasure.

* Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2

A fool hath no delight in understanding.

* Shakespeare

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.

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Something that gives great joy or pleasure.

* Milton:

Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .

* (Greensleeves):

Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,

Noun

(Preferans) (en noun)

The selection of one thing or person over others.

The option to so select, and the one selected.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

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The state of being preferred over others.

A strong liking or personal valuation.

A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.