diffluent

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/ˈdɪf.lu.ənt/

adjective

Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.

OriginLatin diffluens →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivediffluent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFlowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.

    What's diffluent I do consolidate.

    1642, Anne Bradstreet, Poems

Origin

  1. Latindiffluens“flowing away”
  2. Englishdiffluent

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

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APA

diffluent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diffluent

MLA

“diffluent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diffluent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diffluent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diffluent.

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