delitescent

[del-i-tes-uhnt]

adjective

1. concealed; hidden; latent.

Other Word Forms

• delitescence noun
• delitescency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of delitescent¹

1675–85; < Latin dēlitēscent- (stem of dēlitēscēns ), present participle of dēlitēscere to hide away < dē- de- + latēscēre, inceptive of latēre to hide; latent ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mrs. Balfame had never given expression to this desire for a delitescent bedroom, being a woman who thought silently, spoke guardedly, and, both patient and philosophical, rarely permitted what she called her imagination to wander, or bitterness to enter her soul.

From Project Gutenberg

Delitescent, del-i-tes′ent, adj. lying hid or concealed—e.g. the germs of an infectious disease.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Aubrey, the "delitescent" antiquarian and Will Wimble of his time, still credited witchcraft, as he credited all sorts of narratives of ghosts and apparitions.

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