deliquescent

1. 1.

   (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

   Similarhydrophilic

Questions about deliquescent

What does deliquescent mean?

deliquescent means "(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air".

How many syllables are in deliquescent?

deliquescent has 4 syllables: de-liq-ue-scent. The stress falls on "liq".

Is deliquescent a common word?

deliquescent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.