diffluent

English

Etymology

From Latin diffluens (“flowing away”), present participle of diffluo (“I flow away”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪf.lu.ənt/

Adjective

diffluent (not comparable)

  1. Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
    • 1642, Anne Bradstreet, Poems:
      What's diffluent I do consolidate.

References
  • diffluent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

diffluent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of diffluō
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