riverrun

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noun

The course a river shapes through a landscape.

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Meanings

nounriverrun (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralThe course a river shapes through a landscape.

Origin

From Finnegans Wake, a novel written by James Joyce. First sentence of the novel: Riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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