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Definition of Affluency
1. n. Affluence.
Definition of Affluency
1. Noun. (obsolete) affluence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affluency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affluency
Literary usage of Affluency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1810)
"... to this little instrument of loquacity, and conveying into it a perpetual
affluency of animal spirits. Nor must I omit the reason which Hudi- bras has ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"AFFLUENCE, (af'-flu-ense) ) ns The affluency, (af'-flu-en-se) ] act of flowing
to any place ; exuberance of riches. AFFLUENT, (af'-flu-ent) a. ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"Readiness and affluency in writing is acquired by forcing one's self to write at
all seasons and by lasting through that first period of ..."
4. Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political by Owen Felltham (1840)
"So, in the midst of affluency, we complain of penury, which, not finding, we make.
For to possess the whole world with a grumbling mind, is but a little ..."
5. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"... channels running from the head and the heart to this little instrument of
loquacity, and conveying into it a perpetual affluency of animal spirits. ..."
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