delineatory (delineator i)

[ The delineatory part of his work affords the best specimen of his peculiar manner. Scott , Critical E ays, p. 386. delineaturet (de-line-a-tur), n. [= It. delinea tura , L. as if * delineatura , * delineatura , delineare , mark out: see delineate .] Delineation. del in i ment (de-lin'i-ment), n. [OF. delini ment , del in i mentum , delenimentum , delinire , prop. delenire , soothe, soften, mitigate, lenire , soften, lenis , soft: see lenient , delenifical.] 1. Mitigation.-2. A liniment. Bailey . delinitiont (del-i-nish'on), n. [Irreg. linere , besmear, smear, de + linere , smear: see lin i ment, letter.] The act of smearing. The del in it i on of the infant's ears and nostrils with the spittle. Dr. H. More, Mystery of Iniquity, II. x. § 3. delinquency (de-ling'kwen-si), n.; pl. delinquencies (-siz). [= OF. delinquance = Sp. de lincuencia = It. delinquenza , delinquent i a , a fault, delinquency, delinquen ( t- ) s , delinquent: see delinquent .] Failure or omi ion of duty or obligation; a dereliction; a fault; a shortcoming; an offense. Neither moral delinquencies nor virtuous actions are declared to be the products of an inevitable nece ity. Sir J. E. Tennent , Ceylon, v. 2. =Syn. Wrong , Sin , etc. See crime. delineable (de-lin'e-a-bl), a . [L. as if * deline- abilis , delineare , mark out: see deline , deline- F. délinquant = Sp. delincuente = Pg. It. de- ate . ] Capable of delineation; liable to be de- lineated. In either vision there is something not delineable. Feltham , Letters, xvii. (Ord MS.).