circumfluent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=flu=ent

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumfluent, a. [L. circumfluere, p. pr. of circumfluere; circum + fluere to flow; also L. circumfluus.].

 Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circumfluent, adj. flowing round, surrounding.

Derivative

circumfluence n.

Etymology

L circumfluere (as CIRCUM-, fluere flow)

ROGET THESAURUS

circumfluent

Circumjacence

N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.

Circuition

N circuition, circulation, turn, curvet, excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation, northwest passage, circuit, turning, wrench, evolution, coil, corkscrew, turning, circuitous, circumforaneous, circumfluent, round about.