Refluent
//ˈɹɛflu.ənt// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Flowing back. literary
"[…] let them cast it [my soul] downe Where refluent Oceanus doth crowne His curled head;"
Example
More examples""Here Scylla, leftward sits Charybdis fell, / who, yawning thrice, her lowest depths laid bare, / sucks the vast billows in her throat's dark hell, / then starward spouts the refluent surge in air.""
Etymology
From Latin refluens, present active participle of refluō (“I flow back”).
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