circumfluous

American

[ser-kuhm-floo-uhs] / sərˈkʌm flu əs /

adjective

circumfluent.
surrounded by water.

circumfluous British

/ səˈkʌmflʊəs /

adjective

Also: circumfluent. flowing all around
surrounded by or as if by water

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Other Word Forms

circumfluence

noun

Etymology

Origin of circumfluous

1605–15; < Latin circumfluus, equivalent to circum- circum- + -fluus, derivative of fluere to flow; see -ous

Example Sentences

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So He the world Built on circumfluous waters calm, in wide Crystalline ocean.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

At length Coleus of Samos passed through the frowning gateway of Hercules into the circumfluous sea, the Atlantic Ocean.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

Farewel, sweet child, Queen of the nether world, There shine as chaste Diana’s silver car Islanded in the deep circumfluous night.

From Proserpine and Midas by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

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