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liquescent

[ li-kwes-uhnt ]
/ lɪˈkwɛs ənt /
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adjective
becoming liquid; melting.
tending toward a liquid state.
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Origin of liquescent

1720–30; <Latin liquēscent- (stem of liquēscēns), present participle of liquēscere to melt. See liquid, -escent

OTHER WORDS FROM liquescent

li·ques·cence, nounun·li·ques·cent, adjective

Words nearby liquescent

liquefactive necrosis, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefy, liquesce, liquescent, liqueur, liquid, liquid air, liquidambar, liquid asset
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Words related to liquescent

damp, melted, running, smooth, solvent, splashing, succulent, wet, liquefying, reducing, thawed, aqueous, deliquescent, dissolvable, dissolved, dulcet, fluent, fluidic, fusible, ichorous

How to use liquescent in a sentence

  • Instead, however, of listening to the sermons, Burton got flirting with a Meccan girl with citrine skin and liquescent eyes.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright

  • So might an Arctic explorer thrill at his first ken of green fields and liquescent waters.

    Whirligigs|O. Henry

  • To the northwest—Canoe River-ward—there poured a wonderful light of pale liquescent amber.

    Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman

  • The music is deliciously idyllic—conjuring up a dream-picture of a sylvan spring night bathed in liquescent moonlight.

    The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb

British Dictionary definitions for liquescent

liquescent
/ (lɪˈkwɛsənt) /
adjective
(of a solid or gas) becoming or tending to become liquid

Derived forms of liquescent

liquescence or liquescency, noun

Word Origin for liquescent

C18: from Latin liquescere
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Medical definitions for liquescent

liquescent
[ lĭ-kwĕs′ənt ]
adj.
Becoming or tending to become liquid; melting.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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