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Definition of Circumfluent
1. a. Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
Definition of Circumfluent
1. Adjective. Flowing around; surrounding. ¹
2. Adjective. Surrounded by, or as if by, water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumfluent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumfluent
Literary usage of Circumfluent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield by Anna Seward (1804)
"... nurs'd in night, incumbent tempest shrouds The seeds of thunder in circumfluent
clouds. Again, • Where, with chill frown, enormous Alps alarms . ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"circumfluent, flowing around. (L.) In Pope's tr. of the Odyssey, i. 230. ...
stem of circumfluent, près. pt. of ..."
3. The Dynamical Theory of the Formation of the Earth by Archibald Tucker Ritchie (1850)
"of the earth's existence, its circumfluent water was abundantly saturated with
free oxygen, whose presence was so essential for the formation of the ..."
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