Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIP-LO-MAT'IC, a.

1. Pertaining to diplomas; privileged.
2. Furnished with a diploma; authorized by letters or credentials to transact business for a sovereign at a foreign court. Ministers at a court are denominated a diplomatic body.
3. Pertaining to ministers at a foreign court, or to men authorized by diploma; as, a diplomatic character; diplomatic management.