| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·lin·quent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -lng kw nt, -ln- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Failing to do what law or duty requires. 2. Overdue in payment: a delinquent account. | | NOUN: | 1. A juvenile delinquent. 2. A person who neglects or fails to do what law or duty requires. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin d linquns, dlinquent-, present participle of dlinquere, to offend : d-, de- + linquere, to leave, abandon; see leikw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·linquent·ly —ADVERB
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