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scaturient

[ skuh-too r-ee-uh nt, -tyoo r- ]
/ skəˈtʊər i ənt, -ˈtyʊər- /
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adjective

gushing; overflowing.
overly demonstrative; effusive.

RELATED WORDS

teeming, abounding, copious, exuberant, superabundant, cornucopian, inundant, torrential

Nearby words

  1. scattering,
  2. scatteringly,
  3. scattershot,
  4. scattersite housing,
  5. scatty,
  6. scaud,
  7. scaup,
  8. scauper,
  9. scaur,
  10. scavenge

Origin of scaturient

1675–85; < Latin scatūr(r)ient-, stem of scatūr(r)iēns, present participle of scatūr(r)īre to gush out, bubble up; see -ent
Related formssca·tu·ri·ence, noun
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