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circumfluous, a.|səˈkʌmfluːəs|
[f. L. circumflu-us flowing around, (more commonly) flowed around, surrouded by water + -ous.]
1. Flowing around, surrounding as a fluid; also transf.; = circumfluent.
1638Wilkins New World iv. (1707) 33 A kind of circumfluous Reflection. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 270 Hee the World Built on circumfluous Waters. 1725Pope Odyss. iv. 753 Girt with circumfluous tides. 1846Grote Greece I. xiii. 208 On the farther side of the circumfluous ocean.
2. Flowed round, surrounded by water.
1615Chapman Odyss. i. 608 This circumfluous isle. 1656Blount Glossogr., Circumfluous,..that is flowed about. 1845J. H. Newman Ess. Developm. 255 Her offspring..wherewith the populous swarms ever throng the circumfluous hive. |