Dĕl'i-tēs'çence or Dĕl'i-tēs'çen-cy, n.

n. [From Lat. delitescens, p. pr. of delitescere, from de and latescere, to hide one's self, from latere, to lie hid; O. Fr. delitescence.] The state of being concealed; retirement. “The delitescence of mental activities.” Sir W. Hamilton.

The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. W. Scott.