diffluent

[ dif-loo-uhnt ]

adjective

1. tending to flow off or away.
2. easily dissolving.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diffluent¹

1610–20; < Latin diffluent- (stem of diffluēns, present participle of diffluere ), equivalent to dif- dif- + fluent- flowing; fluent

Example Sentences

In the genus Elaphomyces, the asci are more than commonly diffluent.

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The new-born infant is a spinal being, with an unformed diffluent brain, composed largely of water.

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The diffluent imagination is another general form, but one that is completely opposed to the foregoing.

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Thus the diffluent imagination is, trait for trait, the opposite of the plastic imagination.

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Here we come away from the vague forms; the diffluent imagination becomes substantial and asserts itself through its permanence.

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