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interluency

interluency noun: a flowing between; intervening water.

Noun

interluency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A flowing between; intervening water.
    • those parts of Asia and America which are now disjoyned by the interluency of the Seaa. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

Origin of interluency

From Latin interluens, present participle of interluere (“to flow between”), from inter + luere.

Questions about interluency

What does interluency mean?
Interluency means a flowing between; intervening water.
What part of speech is interluency?
Interluency is a noun.

Words near interluency in the dictionary

  1. interluder
  2. interluders
  3. interludes
  4. interludial
  5. interluding
  6. interluency
  7. interluminal
  8. interlunar
  9. interlunary
  10. interlunation
  11. interlunations

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