diffluent
English
Etymology
From Latin diffluens (“flowing away”), present participle of diffluo (“I flow away”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪf.lu.ənt/
Adjective
diffluent (not comparable)
- Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
- 1642, Anne Bradstreet, Poems:
- What's diffluent I do consolidate.
References
- “diffluent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
diffluent
- third-person plural future active indicative of diffluō