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liquid

noun
/ˈlɪk.wɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).

  1. derived from liquida
  2. derived from liquidus
  3. derived from liquide
  4. derived from liquide

Definitions

  1. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water

    A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

    • A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

  2. Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

    • […]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]

  3. Flowing freely like water

    Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

    • liquid nitrogen
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

    2. Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

    3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

      • a liquid melody

    4. Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many…

      Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.

      • /l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.

    5. Fluid and transparent.

      • the liquid air

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at liquid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at liquid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at liquid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA