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)

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

diffluent

third-person plural future active indicative of diffluō

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