Meanings
comparative more fluescent · superlative most fluescent
- archaicceramicsLiquid, runny; pertaining to a glaze with low viscosity during the firing process.
[I]n the case of red the fluescent glaze will be found in the modern pieces to have overrun the foot rim, necessitating grinding of the base rim.
1915, Robert Lockhart Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain - figurativelyrareFlowing, fluent; smooth.
Fluescent with smooth ripe curves, the drawling virgins of the South filled summer porches.
1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, page 2151 more example
Learn the smooth mincing walk on four inch Louis Quinze heels, the Grecian bend with provoking croup, the thighs fluescent, knees modestly kissing.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 506
Origin
- Latinfluesco“flow, become fluid”
- Englishfluescent
From (present participle form of) Latin fluesco (“flow, become fluid”).
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