diffluent
[ dif-loo-uhnt ]
adjective
tending to flow off or away.
easily dissolving.
Origin of diffluent
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How to use diffluent in a sentence
In the genus Elaphomyces, the asci are more than commonly diffluent.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt CookeThe new-born infant is a spinal being, with an unformed diffluent brain, composed largely of water.
Essay on the Creative Imagination | Th. RibotThe diffluent imagination is another general form, but one that is completely opposed to the foregoing.
Essay on the Creative Imagination | Th. RibotThus the diffluent imagination is, trait for trait, the opposite of the plastic imagination.
Essay on the Creative Imagination | Th. RibotHere we come away from the vague forms; the diffluent imagination becomes substantial and asserts itself through its permanence.
Essay on the Creative Imagination | Th. Ribot
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