delitescent
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- delitescence noun
- delitescency noun
Etymology
Origin of delitescent
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
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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.
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Delitescent, del-i-tes′ent, adj. lying hid or concealed—e.g. the germs of an infectious disease.—n.
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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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