liquescent

[ li-kwes-uhnt ]

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adjective

becoming liquid; melting.
tending toward a liquid state.

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, noun
un·li·ques·cent, adjective

Words Nearby liquescent

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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

Origin of liquescent

C18: from Latin liquescere

Derived forms of liquescent

liquescence or liquescency, noun

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