circumfluent

[ ser-kuhm-floo-uhnt ]

adjective

1. flowing around; encompassing.

Other Words From

• cir·cumflu·ence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumfluent¹

First recorded in 1570–80, from Latin circumfluent- (stem of circumfluēns, present participle of circumfluere “to flow around”); circum-, fluent

Example Sentences

Here were gathered people who worked always in that circumfluent inspiration, that murmur of liberty, that whisper of humanity.

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Like Homer he looked upon the habitable world (οἰκουμένη) as being circular in outline and bounded by a circumfluent river.

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Philosophers have their disputes also concerning the center of the world and the circumfluent water.

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The salival glands drink up a certain fluid from the circumfluent blood, and pour it into the mouth.

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