circumfluous

[ ser-kuhm-floo-uhs ]

adjective

1. circumfluent.
2. surrounded by water.

circumfluous

/ səˈkʌmflʊəs /

adjective

1. Alsocircumfluent flowing all around
2. surrounded by or as if by water

Derived Forms

• cirˈcumfluence, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumfluous¹

1605–15; < Latin circumfluus, equivalent to circum- circum- + -fluus, derivative of fluere to flow; -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumfluous¹

C17: from Latin circumfluere to flow around, from circum- + fluere to flow

Example Sentences

So He the world Built on circumfluous waters calm, in wide Crystalline ocean.”

From Project Gutenberg

Take these most excellent things,—the well-made cake Of fruitful barley, in fair Lesbos grown, On the circumfluous hill of Eresus; Whiter than driven snow, if it be true That these are loaves such as the gods do eat, Which Mercury their steward buys for them.

From Project Gutenberg

He considered the articulation and expansion of continents; the position of mountain chains; the action of clouds; the geological submersion of lands; the elevation of ancient sea-beds; the opening of the Dardanelles and of the Straits of Gibraltar; the relations of the Euxine Sea; the problem of the equal level of the circumfluous ocean; and the necessary existence of a mountain chain running through Asia in the diaphragm of Dic�archus.

From Project Gutenberg

At length Coleus of Samos passed through the frowning gateway of Hercules into the circumfluous sea, the Atlantic Ocean.

From Project Gutenberg

How was it possible that the notion of a flat earth, bounded by the horizon and bordered by the circumfluous ocean, could maintain itself when colonies were being founded in Gaul, and the Phœnicians were bringing tin from beyond the Pillars of Hercules?

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