morose delectation

English

Etymology

Calque of Medieval Latin dēlectātiō mōrōsa, used by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologiae.[1]

Noun

morose delectation (countable and uncountable, plural morose delectations)

  1. (Catholicism) The act of lingering with pleasure on an impure thought.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:morose delectation.

References

  1. ^ Part II-I, q. 74. For the original text and a translation:
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