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Definition of liquescent in English: liquescentadjective lɪˈkwɛs(ə)ntlɪˈkwɛs(ə)nt literary Becoming or apt to become liquid. 〈诗/文〉（易）化成水的，（易）消融的 Example sentencesExamples - There were also ‘liquescent’ neumes - ornamental neumes that required special types of vocal delivery.
- To either side, a liquescent nightmare of swirling hellish flame spun round them as the Widow settled ever deeper into the maelstrom.
- Some of what the leadership did can be attributed to bullheadedness, such as pressing on with the Passchendaele battle even when the whole battlefield had been reduced to liquescent mud.
OriginEarly 18th century: from Latin liquescent- 'becoming liquid', from the verb liquescere (see liquefy). Rhymesacquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent Definition of liquescent in US English: liquescentadjectiveliˈkwes(ə)ntlɪˈkwɛs(ə)nt literary Becoming or apt to become liquid. 〈诗/文〉（易）化成水的，（易）消融的 Example sentencesExamples - There were also ‘liquescent’ neumes - ornamental neumes that required special types of vocal delivery.
- Some of what the leadership did can be attributed to bullheadedness, such as pressing on with the Passchendaele battle even when the whole battlefield had been reduced to liquescent mud.
- To either side, a liquescent nightmare of swirling hellish flame spun round them as the Widow settled ever deeper into the maelstrom.
OriginEarly 18th century: from Latin liquescent- ‘becoming liquid’, from the verb liquescere (see liquefy). |