Word of the Day: Deliquesce
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Published: 2020/03/25 - Updated: 2020/05/25
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2020/05/10
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The word, and the context you found it in, is intriguing. Thanks for an interesting read!
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It's not often I run across an entirely new word. This one is wonderful.
deliquesce
What does it mean? In short, to melt. To liquefy.
“Even now, the bodies continued to degrade, losing shape as they deliquesced.”
Robin Hobb, Ship of Destiny
I ran across the word in Robin Hobb's wonderful Ship of Destiny, the third book in her Liveship Traders trilogy. She was describing an encounter between a group of soldiers and a dragon. Dragon spit is corrosive.
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