delineament

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English

Etymology

See delineate and -ment.

Noun

delineament (plural delineaments)

  1. A delineation; a sketch.
    • 1642, Henry More, Psychathanasia:
      The sunne's a type of that eternall light Which we call God, a fair delineament
      Of that which Good in Plato's school is hight

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “delineament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian delineamento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛ.lɪ.nɛ.aˈmɛnt/, /dɛ.lɪn.jaˈmɛnt/

Noun

delineament m (plural delineamenti)

  1. delineation
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