fluxive
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
fluxive (comparative more fluxive, superlative most fluxive)
- (archaic) flowing; lacking solidity
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter:
- Their arguments are as fluxive as liquor spilt upon a table, which with your finger you may drain as you will.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Synonyms edit
- fluent; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
References edit
- “fluxive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.