refluent

[ ref-loo-uhnt, ruh-floo- ]

/ ˈrɛf lu ənt, rəˈflu- /

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adjective

flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.

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Origin of refluent

1690–1700; <Latin refluent- (stem of refluēns), present participle of refluere to flow back. See re-, fluent

OTHER WORDS FROM refluent

ref·lu·ence, noun

Words nearby refluent

reflexed, reflexion, reflexive, reflexivize, reflexology, refluent, reflux, reflux oesophagitis, reforest, reform, reformate

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How to use refluent in a sentence

The ship surged backward before the great refluent wave of its movement.
Cedar Creek|Elizabeth Hely Walshe
Thus she spoke; and Vulcan extinguished his glowing fire, and the refluent water immediately lowered its fair streams.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer
If, for the present, there are refluent waves that sadden us it is God who brings in the tide.
American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889|Various
There feeling the tremendous refluent wave, she went careening over toward the sunken reef.
Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman

Behold this double line of exports, and observe the refluent currents of gold and silver which result from them!
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for refluent

refluent

/ (ˈrɛflʊənt) /

adjective

rare flowing back; ebbing

Derived forms of refluent

refluence, noun

Word Origin for refluent

C18: from Latin refluere to flow back

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