oblectation

English

Etymology

Latin oblectatio.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɑ.blɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/

Noun

oblectation (plural oblectations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of pleasing highly, or state of being greatly pleased; delight.
    • 1814, Walter Scott, chapter 12, in Waverley:
      "No, sir, though I am myself of a strong temperament, I abhor ebriety, and detest those who swallow wine gulae causa, for the oblectation of the gullet […] "
    • 1898, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Occult Philosophy Or Magic:
      Whereof the first is called oblectation, which is a certain quietness or assentation of the mind or will, because it obeys, and not willingly consents to that pleasantness which the senses hold forth […]
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