deliquium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin deliquium, from Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”). === Noun === deliquium (plural deliquiums) (physical 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. (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood. (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse. ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Noun === dēliquium n (genitive dēliquiī or dēliquī); second declension want, defect failure eclipse ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “deliquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deliquium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.