profluent

English

Etymology

From Latin profluent, from profluere (“to flow forth”), from pro- + fluere (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒfluənt/, /ˈpɹɒfləwənt/

Adjective

profluent (comparative more profluent, superlative most profluent)

1. Flowing smoothly as if in a stream.
   • 1881, James Thomson (B. V.), A Voice from the Nile:

     My profluent waters perish not from life,
     Absorbed into the ever-living sea
     Whose life is in their full replenishment.

Related terms

• profluence

Latin

Verb

prōfluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of prōfluō