Meanings
noundelitescency (uncountable)
- archaicuncountableconcealment or hiddenness; seclusion
The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency.
1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLCSynonyms: delitescence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounconcealment or hiddenness; seclusion
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delitescency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delitescency
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“delitescency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delitescency. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delitescency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delitescency.
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