SHAKSPEARE'S WORD "DELIGHTED."

That the Shakspearian word *delighted* might, as far as its form goes, mean "endowed with delight," "full of delight," I should readily concede; but this meaning would suit neither the passage in *Measure for Measure*,—"the delighted spirit,"—nor (satisfactorily) that in *Othello*,—"delighted beauty." Whether, therefore, *delighted* be derived from the Latin *delectus* or not, I still believe that it means "refined," "dainty," "delicate;" a sense which is curiously adapted to each of the three places. This will not be questioned with respect to the second and third passages cited by MR. HICKSO…