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单词 fluctuous
释义

fluctuousadj.

/ˈflʌktjuːəs/
Etymology: < Latin fluctuōsus full of waves < fluctus wave: see -ous suffix.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
(a) Watery. Obsolete. (b) Full of, or resembling waves, literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [adjective] > full of
wawy1412
waving1552
wavous1581
wavy1593
fluctuous1599
billowyc1615
undosous1623
curly1796
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 61/2 An Excellent collyrion for tenebrous and fluctuous Eyes [Ger. für dunckele und flüssige Augen].
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 9 All the fennie Lerna betwixt..being..fluctuous demeans or fee simple.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xlviii. sig. Q6v How fluctuous are the salted waues?
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 132 The base of the world's fluctuous lore.

Derivatives

fluctuˈosity n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > unusually large
sea1582
tenth wave1585
sea-mountain1694
mountain wave1696
seventh wave1759
death wave1832
fluctuosity1850
Spanish wave1852
ranger1891
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xvii. 278 Waves might be classed..we ought to have waves, wavelets, billows, fluctuosities, etc., a marble sea, a sea weltering.
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