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单词 delitescency
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delitescencyn.

Brit. /ˌdɛlᵻˈtɛsnsi/, U.S. /ˌdɛləˈtɛs(ə)nsi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: delitescent adj., -ency suffix.
Etymology: < delitescent adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare earlier delitescence n.
rare (archaic after 18th cent.).
1. The state or condition of being hidden; concealment; seclusion; = delitescence n. 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > concealed condition
hiding?c1225
concealment1608
latency1615
delitescence1632
concealedness1635
latentness1660
abscondment1694
delitescencya1697
occultation1758
latence1794
caving1867
a1697 J. Aubrey in Miscellanies (1721) Introd. p. viii From 1670 I thank God I have enjoyed a happy Delitescency.
1716 in Brathwait's Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys Pref. sig. A2 Republishing this facetious little Book, after a delitescency of near a Hundred Years.
1968 ‘Mercurius Oxoniensis’ Let. in Spectator 20 Dec. 873/1 I shall go safely to ground with my good friend squire Todhunter at Quainton, with whom I commonly enjoy my delitescency and sweet otiums.
2. The quality of being concealed. Obsolete.
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1821 J. L. Adolphus Lett. to R. Heber i. 8 The mental organization of the poet, as well as of the novelist, is characterized (to speak craniologically) by an extraordinary developement of the passion for delitescency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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