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- Latin · derived fromdelinquere“to lack, to fail”
- Latin · borrowed fromdeliquium
- English todaydeliquium
Borrowed from Latin deliquium, from Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
deliquium
Today it means: Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air. Full definition →
Latin deliquium