As for "delitescent", I'm adding it to my vocabulary as a word for which I do have a use along with "defenestrate". From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
"Sorry I'm late, but when you called I'd only just woken up and was still delitescent". From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
From Latin delitescent -, stem of delitescens, present participle of delitescere (to hide away). From Wordnik.com. [Answers.com: Today's Highlights] Reference
Wrong. "delitescent" is a portmanteau for "delicatessen" and "tumescent". From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
They were: catenate, hyaline, longanimity, apotropaic, delitescent, and fecundate. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
Kid bitzer #508: "delitescent" is a portmanteau for "delicatessen" and "tumescent". From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
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