circumfluousadj.
/səˈkʌmfluːəs/ 1. Flowing around, surrounding as a fluid; also transferred; = circumfluent adj.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle > specifically of air or fluids
circumambient1633
circumfluous1640
1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New World (ed. 3) i. iv. 59 A kind of circumfluous reflexion.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 270 Hee the World Built on circumfluous Waters. View more context for this quotation
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 753 Girt with circumfluous tides.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. xiii. 208 On the farther side of the circumfluous ocean.
2. Flowed round, surrounded by water.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [adjective] > surrounded
circumfluous?1615
sea-girt1621
water-locked1800
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) i. 608 This circumfluous isle.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Circumfluous,..that is flowed about.
1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 255 Her offspring..wherewith the populous swarms ever throng the circumfluous hive.
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