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Webster 1913 Edition
Deliquium
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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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deliquium
DELIQUIUM
,Noun.
1.
In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place.2.
A liquid state; as, a salt falls into a deliquium.3.
In medicine, a swooning or fainting; called also syncope.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
deliquium (plural deliquiums)
- (chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
- (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.1, New York, 2001, p.387:
- 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 […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.1, New York, 2001, p.387:
- (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
- (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
Latin
Noun
dēliquium n (genitive dēliquiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēliquium | dēliquia |
| genitive | dēliquiī | dēliquiōrum |
| dative | dēliquiō | dēliquiīs |
| accusative | dēliquium | dēliquia |
| ablative | dēliquiō | dēliquiīs |
| vocative | dēliquium | dēliquia |
References
- deliquium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deliquium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.