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liquescent

[li-kwes-uh nt]
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adjective
  1. becoming liquid; melting.
  2. 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
Related formsli·ques·cence, nounun·li·ques·cent, adjective
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Examples from the Web for liquescent

Historical Examples

  • 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

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

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

    Whirligigs

    O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for liquescent

liquescent

adjective
  1. (of a solid or gas) becoming or tending to become liquid
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Derived Formsliquescence or liquescency, noun

Word Origin

C18: from Latin liquescere
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liquescent in Medicine

liquescent

(lĭ-kwĕs′ənt)
adj.
  1. Becoming or tending to become liquid; melting.
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