fluxive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fluxive (comparative more fluxive, superlative most fluxive)
- (archaic) flowing; lacking solidity
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter:
- Their arguments are as fluxive as liquor spilt upon a table, which with your finger you may drain as you will.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint:
- These often bath'd she in her fluxiue eies
Synonyms[edit]
- fluent; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
References[edit]
- “fluxive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.