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 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:29 am
refluent • REH-floo-unt • adjective
: flowing back
Example Sentence:
There are some lakes in Louisiana that appear to be formed by the refluent waters of the Mississippi River.
Did you know?
"Refluent" was first documented in English during the 15th century, and it can be traced back to the Latin verb "refluere," meaning "to flow back." "Refluere," in turn, was formed from the prefix "re-" and the verb "fluere" ("to flow"). Other "fluere" descendants in English include "confluent" ("flowing together"), "fluent" and "fluid" (both of which share the earliest sense of "flowing easily"), "circumfluent" ("flowing around"), and even "affluent" (which first meant "flowing abundantly"). "Refluent" even has an antonym derived from "fluere" -- "effluent," meaning "flowing out."
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:10 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:23 pm
It seems like not much has happened since I've been away from gaia. New words please?
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:49 am
Spelling of this word would give me know clue it was speaking on water.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:05 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:32 pm
Where are you Uzadit? No more new words to learn?
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:42 pm
Uadzit appears to have "flowed back" to RL for a bit. Maybe it needed her stunning vocabulary more than we do right now...
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