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circumfluent

circumfluent adjective: flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.

Adjective

circumfluent

  1. Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
    • The deep, circumfluent waves.1725, Homer, “Book I”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    circumfluous

Synonyms of circumfluent

Origin of circumfluent

From Latin circumfluere, from circum- (“around”) + fluere (“flow”).

Questions about circumfluent

What does circumfluent mean?
Circumfluent means flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
What part of speech is circumfluent?
Circumfluent is an adjective.

Words near circumfluent in the dictionary

  1. circumflexing
  2. circumflexion
  3. circumflexions
  4. circumfluence
  5. circumfluences
  6. circumfluent
  7. circumfluous
  8. circumforanean
  9. circumforaneous
  10. circumfoveal
  11. circumfulgent

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