OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 35260

deliquescent

/diˈlɪkwəsənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
deliquescente
Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
[…] dew fell in sufficient quantity to make the streets muddy, and it would certainly have washed so deliquescent a substance as salt into the soil.
deliquescent salts