liquescent

[ li-kwes-uhnt ]

adjective

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

liquescent

/ lɪˈkwɛsənt /

adjective

1. (of a solid or gas) becoming or tending to become liquid

Derived Forms

• liˈquescence, noun

Other Words From

• li·quescence noun
• unli·quescent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of liquescent¹

1720–30; < Latin liquēscent- (stem of liquēscēns ), present participle of liquēscere to melt. See liquid, -escent

Word History and Origins

Origin of liquescent¹

C18: from Latin liquescere

Example Sentences

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.

From Scientific American

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.

From Architectural Digest

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."

From The Guardian

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From New York Times