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deliquesce

del·i·quesce

Today it means: To melt by absorbing water and disappearing. Full definition →

Latin dēliquēscō

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Latin · borrowed fromdēliquēscō
English todaydeliquesce

From Latin dēliquēscō, from dē- + liquēscō (“to liquefy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.