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refluent

/ˈɹɛflu.ənt/

refluent adjective: flowing back.

Adjective

refluent (comparative more refluent, superlative most refluent)

  1. (literary) Flowing back.
    • […] let them cast it [my soul] downe
      Where refluent Oceanus doth crowne
      His curled head;c. 1615, George Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book , p. 309
    • When the muscles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again distends or elongates them;1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 14, Chapter 7, p. 123
    Synonyms:
    ebbing

refluent meaning in Tamil

refluent in Tamil

பெயர் உரிச்சொற்கள், பின்னோக்கிப் பாய்கிற, பின்பக்கம் உந்தப்படுகிற, பின்புறம் தள்ளப்படுகிற

Synonyms of refluent

Forms of refluent

comparativemore refluent
superlativemost refluent

Origin of refluent

From Latin refluens, present active participle of refluō (“to flow back”).

Questions about refluent

What does refluent mean?
Refluent means flowing back.
What is refluent in Tamil?
Refluent in Tamil is பெயர் உரிச்சொற்கள், பின்னோக்கிப் பாய்கிற, பின்பக்கம் உந்தப்படுகிற. See Refluent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is refluent?
Refluent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce refluent?
Refluent is pronounced /ˈɹɛflu.ənt/.

Words near refluent in the dictionary

  1. refluctuation
  2. refluctuations
  3. refluence
  4. refluences
  5. refluency
  6. refluent
  7. refluff
  8. refluffed
  9. refluffing
  10. refluffs
  11. refluous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refluent (page history and authors); refluent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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