emollescenceChem. and Min.|ɪmɒˈlɛsəns| [f. L. ēmollesc-ĕre to grow soft + -ence.] ‘A state of softening; the softened condition of a melting body before it fuses’ (Syd. Soc.Lex.). 1794Kirwan Min. I. 43 The..lowest degree is emollescence.1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.