diffluent

[ dif-loo-uhnt ]

/ ˈdɪf lu ənt /

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tending to flow off or away.

easily dissolving.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

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

In the genus Elaphomyces, the asci are more than commonly diffluent.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
The new-born infant is a spinal being, with an unformed diffluent brain, composed largely of water.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot
The diffluent imagination is another general form, but one that is completely opposed to the foregoing.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot
Thus the diffluent imagination is, trait for trait, the opposite of the plastic imagination.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot

Here 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