deliquium

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noun

Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.

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Meanings

noundeliquium (plural deliquiums)

plural deliquiums

  1. physicalchemistryLiquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
  2. medicineAn abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.

    If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums, or being sick […]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 387
  3. figurativelyliteraryA languid, maudlin mood.
  4. rareAn abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

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faintswoonsyncope
Broader
loss of consciousness
Also see
faintswoonsyncope

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindelinquere“to lack, to fail”
  2. Latindeliquium
  3. Englishdeliquium

Borrowed from Latin deliquium, from Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”).

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APA

deliquium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deliquium

MLA

“deliquium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deliquium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deliquium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deliquium.

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