deliquescent
/diˈlɪkwəsənt/adjective
deliquescent is an adjective meaning “Seeming to melt away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-L-I-Q-U-E-S-C-E-N-T, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does deliquescent mean?
adjective
- 1
Seeming to melt away.
- 2
Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
deliquescent salts
- 3
Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
- 4
Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce deliquescent?
- /diˈlɪkwəsənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deliquescent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of deliquescent
- more deliquescent comparative
- most deliquescent superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is deliquescent?
Deliquescent appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Deliquescent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemistry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déliquescent |
| Spanish | deliquescente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does deliquescent come from?
Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“to melt”): compare French déliquescent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).