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delitescency

delitescency noun: concealment or hiddenness; seclusion.

Noun

delitescency (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) concealment 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...
    Synonyms:
    delitescence

Synonyms of delitescency

Questions about delitescency

What does delitescency mean?
Delitescency means concealment or hiddenness; seclusion.
What part of speech is delitescency?
Delitescency is a noun.

Words near delitescency in the dictionary

  1. delistments
  2. delists
  3. delitable
  4. delitescence
  5. delitescences
  6. delitescency
  7. delitescent
  8. delithiated
  9. delithiation
  10. delithiations
  11. delitigation

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