verb/de.lɛ.je/
to add water to; to pad out (e.g. a speech); to delay
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, from Latin deliquāre, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).
/de.lɛ.je/
to add water to; to pad out (e.g. a speech); to delay
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, from Latin deliquāre, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).