deleatur

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/ˌdiː.liˈeɪ.təɹ/

noun

dele (“mark signifying deletion”)

OriginLatin dēleātur →
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Meanings

noundeleatur (plural deleaturs)

plural deleaturs

  1. mediadele (“mark signifying deletion”)

    […] having been ironically reprimanded for inventing ingenuous errors, [he] will have to allow the errors of others to pass, when what he is tempted to do, and rightly so, is to fill the margins of the page with a flurry of indignant deleaturs […]

    2011, José Saramago, History of the Siege Of Lisbon, page 32

Synonyms & antonyms

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dele

Origin

  1. Latindēleātur“may it be deleted; may it be destroyed”
  2. Englishdeleatur

Borrowed from Latin dēleātur (“may it be deleted; may it be destroyed”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Delauter
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APA

deleatur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deleatur

MLA

“deleatur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deleatur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deleatur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deleatur.

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