circumfluent

English

Etymology

From Latin circumfluere, from circum- (“around”) + fluere (“flow”).

Adjective

circumfluent

1. Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book I”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     The deep, circumfluent waves.

Synonyms

• circumfluous

Latin

Verb

circumfluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of circumfluō