preterfluent

English

Etymology

From Latin praeterfluens

Adjective

preterfluent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) flowing by
    • 1718, Edward Strother, Criticon Febrium:
      the eaſier they yield to the Moment of the preterfluent Blood, and the more they are ſtretch'd
    • 1723, Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata:
      or like the men of Egypt, ſhall we only confine our view to the preterfluent ſtream of Nile, and reſolve to look no higher, becauſe, it is ſaid, its fountain-head lies hid beyond the mountains of the moon?
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