liquescent
/lɪˈkwɛ.sənt/
liquescent adjective: melting.
Adjective
liquescent (comparative more liquescent, superlative most liquescent)
- Melting.
- That this, as well as other clays, is streaked and variegated, is owing to the mixture and insinuation of differently coloured, moistened and dissolved portions of earth. Hence the various colours of veined marble, colours inserted, during the liquescent state of marbles, by the concourse of...1758, William Borlase, chapter 6, in The Natural History of Cornwall, Oxford: printed for the Author, page 71
- And now, as the night was senescent
And star-dials pointed to morn,
As the star-dials hinted of morn,
At the end of our path a liquescent
And nebulous lustre was born,1847, Edgar Allan Poe, Ulalume
liquescent meaning in Tamil and Bengali
liquescent in Tamil
- நீர்மமாகி, உருகும் பொருள், நீர்மமாகும் பொருள்
liquescent in Bengali
- গলে যাচ্ছে এমন
Examples of liquescent in a sentence
- Hence the various colours of veined marble, colours inserted, during the liquescent state of marbles, by the concourse of differently shaded earths.1758, William Borlase, chapter 6, in The Natural History of Cornwall, Oxford: printed for the Author, page 71:
- Blood mingled with liquescent skin and melting bone to form a reeking gelatinous mask.1986, Shaun Hutson, chapter 17, in Relics, Caffeine Nights Publishing, published 2013:
Forms of liquescent
| comparative | more liquescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most liquescent |
Origin of liquescent
From Latin liquēscēns, present participle of liquēscere. By surface analysis, liquesce + -ent
Words formed from liquescent
Words that rhyme with liquescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about liquescent
- What does liquescent mean?
- Liquescent means melting.
- What is liquescent in Tamil?
- Liquescent in Tamil is நீர்மமாகி, உருகும் பொருள், நீர்மமாகும் பொருள். See Liquescent meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use liquescent in a sentence?
- Hence the various colours of veined marble, colours inserted, during the liquescent state of marbles, by the concourse of differently shaded earths.
- What part of speech is liquescent?
- Liquescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce liquescent?
- Liquescent is pronounced /lɪˈkwɛ.sənt/.
Words near liquescent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: liquescent (page history and authors); liquescent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liquescent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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