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subfluent

subfluent adjective: flowing beneath.

Adjective (1)

subfluent (not comparable)

  1. Flowing beneath.
    • It was through the crown of this construction [a bridge] that one day Watt, treading more heavily than was his wont, or picking his steps with less than his usual care, drove his foot, and part of his leg. And he would certainly have fallen, and perhaps been carried away by the subfluent flood, had...1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Adjective (2)

subfluent (comparative more subfluent, superlative most subfluent)

  1. Below the level of fluency in a language.
    • The two basic types of aphasia are subfluent and fluent.2012, William J. Weiner, Christopher G. Goetz, Robert K. Shin, Neurology for the Non-Neurologist, page 540

Forms of subfluent

comparativemore subfluent
superlativemost subfluent

Origin of subfluent

From sub- + fluent.

Questions about subfluent

What does subfluent mean?
Subfluent means flowing beneath.
What part of speech is subfluent?
Subfluent is an adjective.

Words near subfluent in the dictionary

  1. subflora
  2. subfloral
  3. subfloras
  4. subflow
  5. subflows
  6. subfluent
  7. subfluid
  8. subfluids
  9. subfluvial
  10. subfocus
  11. subfolder

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