||De*liq"ui*um (?), n. [L. See
Deliquiate.] 1. (Chem.) A melting
or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition;
as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]
2. A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.]
Bacon.
3. A melting or maudlin mood.
Carlyle.