delimited

[dih-lim-it]

Origin

verb (used with object)

to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.

Origin:
1850–55; < French délimiter < Latin dēlīmitāre, equivalent to dē- de- + līmitāre to limit

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Delimited is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Word Origin & History

delimit

1852, from Fr. delimiter (18c.), from L. delimitare "to mark out as a boundary," from de- + limitare, from limitem, limes "boundary, limit."

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