circumfluent

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adjective

Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.

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circumfluous
OriginLatin circumfluere →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.

    The deep, circumfluent waves.

    1725, Homer, “Book I”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

    Synonyms: circumfluous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFlowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.

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circumfluous

Origin

  1. Latincircumfluere
  2. Englishcircumfluent

From Latin circumfluere, from circum- (“around”) + fluere (“flow”).

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APA

circumfluent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfluent

MLA

“circumfluent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfluent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumfluent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfluent.

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