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Meaning of DELIQUIUM

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*liq"ui*um\, n. [L. See {Deliquiate}.]
1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist
   place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a
   deliquium. [R.]



2. A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] --Bacon.

3. A melting or maudlin mood. --Carlyle.

 

 

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