It's the Word of the Day podcast for December 23rd.

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Today's word is delectation, spelled D-E-L-E-C-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Delectation is a noun. Delictation is a formal word for a feeling of delight or enjoyment. It can also be used

to refer to the source of such feelings. Here's the word used in a sentence from the Lubbock

Avalanche Journal. Accept and appreciate the preferences of others. If you want to be a good

wine snob, work on tasting through someone else's mouth.

Who knows, you may have an epiphanic moment and discover a whole new lane of delectation.

Maybe you will find something you like that you did not expect to like.

Pleasure, delight, and enjoyment are all synonyms for the agreeable emotion that comes with the possession or expectation of something good or greatly desired.

Why then use delectation, that not so familiar synonym?

Because as with most synonym groups, each word has its own subtle distinctions.

More than all the others,

delectation carries a whiff of beyond the usual amusement, indulgence, or deliciousness.

If a treat is offered to you for your delectation, it is likely something worth taking time to

savor. Just as delight and pleasure can refer not only to an emotion, but also to the

object or experience responsible for it, as in her new song is an absolute delight and it's been a

pleasure, so can delictation. A tropical resort, for example, may offer vacationers an array of

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