preterfluent

English

Etymology

From Latin praeterfluens.

Adjective

preterfluent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) flowing by
   • 1718, Edward Strother, Criticon Febrium:

     the eaſier they yield to the Moment of the preterfluent Blood, and the more they are ſtretch'd

   • 1723, Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata:

     or like the men of Egypt, ſhall we only confine our view to the preterfluent ſtream of Nile, and reſolve to look no higher, becauſe, it is ſaid, its fountain-head lies hid beyond the mountains of the moon?