Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-LIQ'UI-UM, n. [L.]

1. In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place. – Encyc.
2. A liquid state; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. – Fourcroy.
3. In medicine, a swooning or fainting; called also syncope. – Encyc. Coxe.