Delectation (Dictionary.com's Word of the Day)

Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment. Quote: At other times she'll get so worked up by some pet poeticism that she forgets she's not writing just for her own delectation. (David Klinghoffer, "Black madonna", National Review , February 9, 1998) Read the full Dictionary.com entry here. See also: Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: The Turning Point in Western History, The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy, The John Adams Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective, The Discovery of God: Abraham and the Birth of Monotheism