diffluentadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɪflʊənt/, U.S.

/ˈdɪˌfluənt/,

/ˈdɪfləwənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin diffluent-, diffluēns, diffluere.

Etymology: < classical Latin diffluent-, diffluēns, present participle of diffluere to flow away in all directions, (of words or speakers) to be diffuse, to ramble, to waste or wear away, to disappear < dif- dif- prefix + fluere to flow (see fluent adj.). Compare Middle French, French diffluent that diverges by flowing (a1593).

Of a material or immaterial thing: that flows away or apart; characterized by fluidity; spec. (of organic matter) that has dissolved into a liquid or semi-liquid state; deliquescent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > [adjective]

wateringOE

liquid1382

moista1393

runninga1398

liquidyc1400

diffluent1592

flowsome1674

liquorous1678

diffluous1727

runny1770

liquiform1805

aquiform1835

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 99 The faire hils adorned with thicke woods, the quiet time, fresh windes, and fruitfull place, beautifully enriched with diffluent streames. [No corresponding passage in the Italian original.]

a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1142 Yet ouer-moist [Brain], againe Makes it [sc. Memory] so laxe, so diffluent and thin, That nothing can be firmely fixt there-in.

1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 34 What's diffluent, I do consolidate.

1743 W. Burton Acct. Life & Writings Boerhaave ii. i. 86 Soft, mucous, and almost diffluent papillæ.

1787 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. IV. ii. iv. 235 The composition was loose and diffluent.

1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 65 228 Speech is confluent, rather than diffluent.

1850 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 19 212 The bronchial glands were greatly enlarged, infiltrated with tubercle, and diffluent.

1880 A. Gray in Nat. Sci. & Relig. 14 A formless, apparently diffluent and structureless mass.

1906 A. H. N. Baron tr. T. Ribot Ess. Creative Imagination iii. ii. 194 The diffluent imagination..consists of vaguely-outlined, indistinct images that are evoked and joined according to the least rigorous modes of association.

1951 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers No. 15. 2 Where a pass was crossed by diffluent or transfluent ice it was markedly eroded by it.

2001 V. J. M. Di Maio & D. J. Di Maio Forensic Pathol. (ed. 2) xx. 478 The internal organs will undergo decomposition, becoming diffluent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diffluent
释义	diffluentadj. Brit. /ˈdɪflʊənt/, U.S. /ˈdɪˌfluənt/, /ˈdɪfləwənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin diffluent-, diffluēns, diffluere. Etymology: < classical Latin diffluent-, diffluēns, present participle of diffluere to flow away in all directions, (of words or speakers) to be diffuse, to ramble, to waste or wear away, to disappear < dif- dif- prefix + fluere to flow (see fluent adj.). Compare Middle French, French diffluent that diverges by flowing (a1593). Of a material or immaterial thing: that flows away or apart; characterized by fluidity; spec. (of organic matter) that has dissolved into a liquid or semi-liquid state; deliquescent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] wateringOE liquid1382 moista1393 runninga1398 liquidyc1400 diffluent1592 flowsome1674 liquorous1678 diffluous1727 runny1770 liquiform1805 aquiform1835 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 99 The faire hils adorned with thicke woods, the quiet time, fresh windes, and fruitfull place, beautifully enriched with diffluent streames. [No corresponding passage in the Italian original.] a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1142 Yet ouer-moist [Brain], againe Makes it [sc. Memory] so laxe, so diffluent and thin, That nothing can be firmely fixt there-in. 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 34 What's diffluent, I do consolidate. 1743 W. Burton Acct. Life & Writings Boerhaave ii. i. 86 Soft, mucous, and almost diffluent papillæ. 1787 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. IV. ii. iv. 235 The composition was loose and diffluent. 1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 65 228 Speech is confluent, rather than diffluent. 1850 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 19 212 The bronchial glands were greatly enlarged, infiltrated with tubercle, and diffluent. 1880 A. Gray in Nat. Sci. & Relig. 14 A formless, apparently diffluent and structureless mass. 1906 A. H. N. Baron tr. T. Ribot Ess. Creative Imagination iii. ii. 194 The diffluent imagination..consists of vaguely-outlined, indistinct images that are evoked and joined according to the least rigorous modes of association. 1951 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers No. 15. 2 Where a pass was crossed by diffluent or transfluent ice it was markedly eroded by it. 2001 V. J. M. Di Maio & D. J. Di Maio Forensic Pathol. (ed. 2) xx. 478 The internal organs will undergo decomposition, becoming diffluent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592
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