defluous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin defluus, from defluere (“to flow down”), from de- + fluere (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdefluous (comparative more defluous, superlative most defluous)
- (obsolete) Flowing down; falling off.
- 1822, Thomas Taylor, The fable of Cupid and Psyche:
- Her most copious and long hairs […] were softly defluous.
References
edit- “defluous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.