Del`i*tes"cen*cy (?), n. Concealment; seclusion.
The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency.
Sir W. Scott.
Del`i*tes"cent (?), a. [L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.] Lying hid; concealed.
De*lit"i*gate (?), v. i. [L. delitigare to rail. See Litigate.] To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]