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preterfluent

preterfluent adjective: flowing by.

Adjective

preterfluent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) flowing by
    • the eaſier they yield to the Moment of the preterfluent Blood, and the more they are ſtretch'd1718, Edward Strother, Criticon Febrium
    • or like the men of Egypt, ſhall we only confine our view to the preterfluent ſtream of Nile, and reſolve to look no higher, becauſe, it is ſaid, its fountain-head lies hid beyond the mountains of the moon?1723, Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata

Origin of preterfluent

From Latin praeterfluens.

Questions about preterfluent

What does preterfluent mean?
Preterfluent means flowing by.
What part of speech is preterfluent?
Preterfluent is an adjective.

Words near preterfluent in the dictionary

  1. pretentiousnesses
  2. pretenure
  3. preter-
  4. preter-human
  5. pretercanine
  6. preterfluent
  7. pretergeneration
  8. pretergenerations
  9. pretergite
  10. pretergites
  11. pretergression

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