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profluent

/ˈpɹɒfluənt/

profluent adjective: flowing smoothly as if in a stream.

Adjective

profluent (comparative more profluent, superlative most profluent)

  1. Flowing smoothly as if in a stream.
    • My profluent waters perish not from life,
      Absorbed into the ever-living sea
      Whose life is in their full replenishment.1881, James Thomson (B. V.), A Voice from the Nile

Forms of profluent

comparativemore profluent
superlativemost profluent

Origin of profluent

From Latin profluens, from profluere (“to flow forth”), from pro- + fluere (“to flow”).

Questions about profluent

What does profluent mean?
Profluent means flowing smoothly as if in a stream.
What part of speech is profluent?
Profluent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce profluent?
Profluent is pronounced /ˈpɹɒfluənt/.

Words near profluent in the dictionary

  1. profligating
  2. profligation
  3. profligations
  4. profligatory
  5. profluence
  6. profluent
  7. profluorescent
  8. profluralin
  9. profluvia
  10. profluvious
  11. profluvium

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