circumfluous

[ser-kuhm-floo-uh s]

adjective

circumfluent.

surrounded by water.

Origin of circumfluous

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

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Historical Examples of circumfluous

Above the earth was bent the vast dome of the blue sky, its edges apparently resting on the circumfluous waters.
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British Dictionary definitions for circumfluous

circumfluous

adjective

Also: circumfluent flowing all around

surrounded by or as if by water

Derived Formscircumfluence, noun

Word Origin for circumfluous

C17: from Latin circumfluere to flow around, from circum- + fluere to flow

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