delineative, a.
(dɪˈlɪniːətɪv)
[f. ppl. stem of L. dēlīneāre to delineate + -ive.]
Pertaining to delineation; tending to delineate.
| 1841 H. S. Foote Texas & Texans I. 40 Others were perspicuously delineative of current events. 1854 Bagehot Coll. Works (1965) I. 260 In the absence of the delineative faculty..minds of this deep..class are apt to put up with reasons which lie on the surface. 1892 Clerke Fam. Studies Homer x. 276 The delineative inlaying of the Shield of Achilles. |