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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-475/
- Published: 2025-11-27T17:15:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-27T17:15:56.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

deliquesce (verb) -

1: to dissolve or melt away  
2: to become soft or liquid with age or maturity — used of some fungal structures (such as gills)

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deliquesce?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Deliquesce comes from the prefix de- ("from, down, away") and a form of the Latin verb liquēre, meaning "to be fluid." Things that deliquesce, it could be said, turn to mush in more ways than one. In scientific contexts, a substance that deliquesces absorbs moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolves in the absorbed water and forms a solution. When plants and fungi deliquesce, they lose rigidity as they age. When deliquesce is used in non-scientific contexts, it is often in a figurative or humorous way to suggest the act of "melting away" under exhaustion, heat, or idleness, as in "teenagers deliquescing in 90-degree temperatures."

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