interluency

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noun

A flowing between; intervening water.

OriginLatin interluens →
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Meanings

nouninterluency (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableA flowing between; intervening water.

    those parts of Asia and America which are now disjoyned by the interluency of the Sea

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latininterluens
  2. Englishinterluency

From Latin interluens, present participle of interluere (“to flow between”), from inter + luere.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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