defluous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin defluus, from defluere (“to flow down”), from de- + fluere (“to flow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
defluous (comparative more defluous, superlative most defluous)
- (obsolete) Flowing down; falling off.
- 1822, Thomas Taylor, The fable of Cupid and Psyche:
- Her most copious and long hairs […] were softly defluous.
References[edit]
- “defluous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.