Ascians (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[Ascians 词源字典]
inhabitants of the torrid zone, who "haue the Sunne twice euery yeere in their zenith, and then they make no shaddowes at all" [Nathanael Carpenter, "Geographie Delineated forth in Two Bookes," 1635], from Medieval Latin Ascii, from Greek askioi, from a- "not, without," privative prefix (see a- (3)), + skia "shade, shadow" (see shine (v.)).[Ascians etymology, Ascians origin, 英语词源]
delineate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1550s, from Latin delineatus, past participle of delineare "to sketch out," from de- "completely" (see de-) + lineare "draw lines," from linea "line" (see line (n.)). Related: Delineated; delineating.
outline (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1660s, "lines by which a figure is delineated," from out + line (v.). Meaning "rough draft in words" is from 1759.