diffluent
Americanadjective
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tending to flow off or away.
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easily dissolving.
Etymology
Origin of diffluent
1610–20; < Latin diffluent- (stem of diffluēns, present participle of diffluere ), equivalent to dif- dif- + fluent- flowing; see fluent
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Here we come away from the vague forms; the diffluent imagination becomes substantial and asserts itself through its permanence.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
But the sense of the infinite fusibility and change in the objective world is deeper than that revealed in any one type of diffluent imagination.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
To sum up—In this form of the diffluent imagination the emotional factor exercises supreme authority.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
Related to diffluent imagination, especially in the latter's affective form, it has its own special characters, which we shall try to separate out.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
There yet remains for us to study two important varieties that I connect with the diffluent imagination.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
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