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Edward Luttwak used the word ‘deliquescence’ in a tweet:
During the Vietnam-induced era of elite deliquescence Commentary magazine arose to provide intellectual leadership, insisting on social sanity & refusing to turn the avoidance of nuclear war into coexistence with the USSR. Today it is TABLET: see eg https://t.co/7UZzwZvgNe
— Edward N Luttwak (@ELuttwak) February 14, 2021
From Wiktionary—deliquescence:
Noun
- The condition of being deliquescent.
- The action or process of deliquescing.
From Wiktionary—deliquescent:
Etymology
Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“I melt”): compare French déliquescent.
Adjective
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Seeming to melt away. Synonyms: melting, disappearing
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(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution. deliquescent salts
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(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
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(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Wikipedia on deliquescence.