deliquesce
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.del·i·quesce
intransitive verb \ˌde-li-ˈkwes\del·i·quesceddel·i·quesc·ing
Definition of DELIQUESCE
1
: to dissolve or melt away
2
: to become soft or liquid with age or maturity —used of some fungal structures (as gills)
Examples of DELIQUESCE
- <a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun>
Origin of DELIQUESCE
Latin deliquescere, from de- + liquescere, inchoative of liquēre to be fluid — more at liquid
First Known Use: 1756
Rhymes with DELIQUESCE
ABS, acquiesce, baroness, bitter cress, CBS, coalesce, convalesce, crown princess, DES, decompress, derepress, dispossess, due process, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, full-court press, gentilesse, granny dress, in-process, inverness, Inverness, less and less, letterpress, luminesce, Lyonnesse, minidress, more or less, nonetheless, obsolesce, otherguess, overdress, pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse, prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, repossess, reprocess, retrogress, second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, underdress, watercress, window-dress, word process
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