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deliquescent.

Seeming to melt away.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/diˈlɪkwəsənt/
  1. Seeming to melt away.

  2. Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.

    physical
  3. Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

  4. Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.

Where this word comes from

Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“to melt”): compare French déliquescent. By surface analysis, deliquesce + -ent

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