diffluent

English

Etymology

From Latin diffluens (“flowing away”), present participle of diffluo (“I flow away”).

Adjective

diffluent (not comparable)

  1. Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for diffluent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

diffluent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of diffluō
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