† delinimentn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dēlēnīmentum.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēlēnīmentum ingratiating action, blandishment, enticement, soothing act, consolation < dēlēnīre (also dēlīnīre ) to soothe down, to soothe, mitigate, to soften (see deleniate v.) + -mentum -ment suffix.Compare French †deliniment (1679). The English form is after the classical Latin variant dēlīnīre of the parent verb.

Obsolete. rare.

A mitigation or alleviation.In quot. 1856 in a text which uses obscure, literary language for humorous effect.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Deliniment, a mitigating or asswaging.

1856 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to 'Squire Pedant (ed. 2) xiv. 49 I accept your profered ‘cincture of Hymen’, with the esperance that our connubial adunation will be a deliniment of the asperities incident to our terrestrial vitality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	deliniment
释义	† delinimentn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dēlēnīmentum. Etymology: < classical Latin dēlēnīmentum ingratiating action, blandishment, enticement, soothing act, consolation < dēlēnīre (also dēlīnīre ) to soothe down, to soothe, mitigate, to soften (see deleniate v.) + -mentum -ment suffix.Compare French †deliniment (1679). The English form is after the classical Latin variant dēlīnīre of the parent verb. Obsolete. rare. A mitigation or alleviation.In quot. 1856 in a text which uses obscure, literary language for humorous effect. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Deliniment, a mitigating or asswaging. 1856 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to 'Squire Pedant (ed. 2) xiv. 49 I accept your profered ‘cincture of Hymen’, with the esperance that our connubial adunation will be a deliniment of the asperities incident to our terrestrial vitality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1727
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