delitescent

Updated: May 22, 2025

Aubrey, the "delitescent" antiquarian and Will Wimble of his time, still credited witchcraft, as he credited all sorts of narratives of ghosts and apparitions. It was less a matter of reason than of sentiment. The dramatist Shadwell had the same feeling for literary values.

Wallace Notestein - A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718