Definitions
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- noun Concealment; seclusion.
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- noun
concealment ;seclusion
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Examples
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If I am asked further reasons for the conduct I have long observed, I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly as he is intelligent; namely, that the mental organisation of the novelist must be characterised, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency!
Waverley 2004
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Novelist must be characterised, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency!
The Waverley 1877
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If I am asked further reasons for the conduct I have long observed, I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly as he is intelligent; namely, that the mental organisation of the novelist must be characterised, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency!
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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If I am asked further reasons for the conduct I have long observed, I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly as he is intelligent; namely, that the mental organisation of the novelist must be characterised, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency!
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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If I am asked further reasons for the conduct I have long observed, I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly as he is intelligent; namely, that the mental organisation of the novelist must be characterised, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency!
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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From 1670 to this very day (I thank God) I have enjoyed a happy delitescency.
Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661
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