Word Meanings - OVERDELIGHTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Delighted beyond measure.
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- DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - MEASURER
One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market. - DELIGHTOUS
Delightful. Rom. of R. - BEYOND
1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or - MEASURELESS
Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n. Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable. Where Alf, the sacred river ran, Through canyons measureless to man, Down to - MEASURE
The space between two bars. See Beat, Triple, Quadruple, Sextuple, Compound time, under Compound, a., and Figure. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic - DELIGHTFUL
Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton. Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See Delicious. -- De*light"ful*ly, adv. -- De*light"ful*ness, n. - DELIGHTSOME
Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew. Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12. -- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n. - DELIGHT
1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. - DELIGHTEDLY
With delight; gladly. - MEASURED
Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. -- Meas"ured*ly, adv. - DELIGHTED
Endowed with delight. If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak. Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad. - DELIGHTABLE
Capable of delighting; delightful. Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R. - MEASUREMENT
1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required. 2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres. - DELIGHTER
One who gives or takes delight. - IMMEASURED
Immeasurable. Spenser. - ADMEASURE
To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. (more info) 1. To measure. - REMEASURE
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax. - OUTMEASURE
To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T. Browne. - WATER MEASURE
A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell. - OVERMEASURE
To measure or estimate too largely. - OVERDELIGHTED
Delighted beyond measure. - PASSYMEASURE
See SHAK - WATER MEASURER
Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2. - ADMEASURER
One who admeasures. - MISMEASURE
To measure or estimate incorrectly.