delitescent (del-i-TES-uhnt) adjective Hidden; latent.
[From Latin delitescent-, stem of delitescens, present participle of delitescere (to hide away).] "[Muumuu] matches and enhances the infinite variety of the human psyche as well as providing a delitescent veil for those aged parts of you that you can't yet bring yourself to make public." Reese Palley; Call of the Ancient Mariner; International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 2003. Have you ever taken a vacation that's planned to every nanosecond? At 9:37 we visit the Garden of Standonburg and spend an hour and 18 minutes there, then we reach the Pamponi Museum at 11:09, and then .... Well, that's not a vacation, is it? Sometimes it's best to let yourself roam through what may come, with no plan, no schedule, no rules, no aim and nothing to guide except a free mind and open heart. This week's AWAD is prepared in just that spirit. A word tickles our fancy and leads us to some others that bring forth new sights. We skip some of them, move ahead or perhaps take a leisurely stroll through the dictionary. There's nothing common among the words selected--at least as far as we know. There's no theme to constrain our word choices during the next five days. Or maybe that's the theme. -Anu Garg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sponsors' messages: Mac Users! Tired of annoying web page ads? AdSanity pacifies ads so you can surf in peace. http://www.ziggurat.ch/products/adsanity?ref=377 Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course." -Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (1920- ) [Fahrenheit 451] Discuss this week's theme or words on our online bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/delitescent.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/delitescent.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/delitescent.html This message was sent to "archive@mail-archive.com".
