diffluent

American  

[dif-loo-uhnt] / ˈdɪf lu ənt /

adjective

1. tending to flow off or away.

2. easily dissolving.

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Etymology

Origin of diffluent

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

Example Sentences

We shall see that its opposite, diffluent imagination, is that which depends least upon that factor, or is most free from it.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen

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

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen

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

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

D, E, H. Colonies of Myconostoc enveloped in diffluent matrix.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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 Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen