interfluent

[ in-ter-floo-uhnt ]

adjective

1. flowing into one another; intermingling.

interfluent

/ ɪnˈtɜːflʊənt /

adjective

1. flowing together; merging

Other Words From

• inter·fluence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interfluent¹

First recorded in 1645–55, interfluent is from the Latin word interfluent- (stem of interfluēns ). See inter-, fluent

Word History and Origins

Origin of interfluent¹

C17: from Latin interfluere, from inter- + fluere to flow

Example Sentences

Interfluent, in-tėr′flōō-ent, adj. flowing between or together—also Inter′fluous.

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The glassy lake began to ruffle itself below her, feeling the pulses of its interfluent springs, or sending through unseen sluices word of nightfall and evening winds to all its clustering companions that darkened their transparent depths in forest-shadows.

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She knew that my glance was upon her; for herself, she looked at the broad lilies that grew at her feet, and listened to the melody that seemed to bubble from a thousand throats with interfluent sound upon the night.

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On the ground it was a world of shadows and sunny streaks, kept ever in interfluent motion by such a wind as John Skelton describes:      'There blew in that gardynge a soft piplyng cold       Enbrethyng of Zepherus with his pleasant wynde.'

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To the banking, manufacturing and importing interests gold, as the standard, was urgently required for various kinds of interfluent business transactions: to pay international debts, interest on bonds, customs dues or to move the crops.

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