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单词 liquescent
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Definition of liquescent in English:

liquescent

adjective lɪˈkwɛs(ə)ntlɪˈkwɛs(ə)nt
literary
  • Becoming or apt to become liquid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were also ‘liquescent’ neumes - ornamental neumes that required special types of vocal delivery.
    • To either side, a liquescent nightmare of swirling hellish flame spun round them as the Widow settled ever deeper into the maelstrom.
    • Some of what the leadership did can be attributed to bullheadedness, such as pressing on with the Passchendaele battle even when the whole battlefield had been reduced to liquescent mud.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin liquescent- 'becoming liquid', from the verb liquescere (see liquefy).

Rhymes

acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent
 
 

Definition of liquescent in US English:

liquescent

adjectiveliˈkwes(ə)ntlɪˈkwɛs(ə)nt
literary
  • Becoming or apt to become liquid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were also ‘liquescent’ neumes - ornamental neumes that required special types of vocal delivery.
    • Some of what the leadership did can be attributed to bullheadedness, such as pressing on with the Passchendaele battle even when the whole battlefield had been reduced to liquescent mud.
    • To either side, a liquescent nightmare of swirling hellish flame spun round them as the Widow settled ever deeper into the maelstrom.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin liquescent- ‘becoming liquid’, from the verb liquescere (see liquefy).

 
 
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