Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refluent

/ˈɹɛflu.ənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-flu-ent
IPA: /ˈɹɛflu.ənt/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Literary

Example Sentences

"[…] let them cast it [my soul] downe Where refluent Oceanus doth crowne His curled head;"
"When the muscles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again distends or elongates them;"
"[…] in haste the refluent ocean Fled away from the shore, and left the line of the sand-beach Covered with waifs of the tide, with kelp and the slippery sea-weed."
"now floods back refluent like a tide, the red, thick stream of life again"

Etymology

From Latin refluens, present active participle of refluō (“to flow back”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: refluens

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

more refluent (comparative) most refluent (superlative)

Synonyms

ebbing

Questions

How do you pronounce refluent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛflu.ənt/.
What does refluent mean?: Flowing back.
Where does refluent come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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