| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Lying hid; concealed.[Websters]
2. Being latent, larval or unrealized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being private or privy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being secret, covert, stealthy, furtive or ulterior. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being quiescent or quiet. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being cryptic, esoteric, arcane, mysterious or mystic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being subterranean or subterraneous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being secretive or close. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being unnoticed, unnoticeable, unperceived, unremarked or unobserved. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb delitescently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (delitescently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective delitescent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DELITESCENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Delitescent \Del`i*tes"cent\, adjective. [Latin expression delitescens, -entis, present participle of delitescere to lie hid.]. (references) |
