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liquescent

[ li-kwes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. becoming liquid; melting.
  2. tending toward a liquid state.


liquescent

/ ±ôɪˈ°ì·ÉÉ›²õÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. (of a solid or gas) becoming or tending to become liquid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ô¾±Ëˆ±ç³Ü±ð²õ³¦±ð²Ô³¦±ð, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô¾±Â·±ç³Ü±ð²õc±ð²Ô³¦±ð noun
  • ³Ü²Ôl¾±Â·±ç³Ü±ð²õc±ð²Ô³Ù adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of liquescent1

1720–30; < Latin ±ô¾±±ç³Üŧ²õ³¦±ð²Ô³Ù- (stem of ±ô¾±±ç³Üŧ²õ³¦Å§²Ô²õ ), present participle of ±ô¾±±ç³Üŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð to melt. See liquid, -escent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of liquescent1

C18: from Latin liquescere
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Next were the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, that arrived in 2004 to “follow the water†and establish the local abundance of life’s liquescent cornerstone.

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From his text sculptures of seemingly liquescent glass to drawings executed in beads and thread, the artist celebrates the increasingly antique charms of introspection, whimsy, fragile romance, and cosmic wonder.

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It's a strange, haunting couplet, with its own liquescent verbal music: "The bailey beareth the bell away; /The lily, the rose, the rose I lay."

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The swarming flies hummed on the putrid side, Whence poured the maggots in a darkling stream, That ran along these tatters of life's pride With a liquescent gleam.

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Rather than lurking at the bottom of the screen, they reflect the action by gliding on and off screen at different angles, exploding in puffs of smoke and melting into liquescent pools.

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