Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Word of the Day: Deliquescent

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Deliquescent
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adjective 1. Becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid.
2. (Of a solid) Tending to absorb moisture from the air and dissolve in it.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "When ice is removed from the freezer, it quickly becomes deliquescent."
Play Button "Today's chemistry lesson was about potential uses of deliquescent substances."
Play Button "These deliquescent materials will run together when they're at room temperature."
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Latin, late 18th century
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Why This Word?
The adjective "deliquescent" comes directly from the Latin "deliquescent-," meaning "dissolving," and the verb "deliquescere," meaning "become liquid." We might use this adjective to talk about solids turning to liquid, such as ice cubes melting in a punch bowl and Jell-O dribbling down the platter at a barbecue on a sweltering day...
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