† refluousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin refluus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin refluus flowing back ( < refluere to flow back: see refluent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier refluent adj., reflowing adj.

Obsolete. Chiefly poetic.

Refluent; recurring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > back

refluous1628

refluent1695

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > returning towards point of departure > flowing back

refluous1628

refluent1699

1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 274 That Day shall rest Heauen's rolling spheares, Earth's refluous tumults.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. i. 62 Seeing the stream of Jordan..was not supplied with any reciprocall or refluous tide out of the Dead sea.

1708 E. Arwaker in Truth in Fiction iii. xiii. 210 The tender Mother, and her hopeful Child, Thus by their Native Element beguil'd, Labour'd, the refluous Water to regain.

1759 M. Flemyng Introd. Physiol. xvi. 222 The vena portarum receives the refluous blood from the stomach and small intestines.

1786 J. H. Frere in Microcosm 27 Nov. 48 Comets from their stream of blazing hair Shake the blue pestilence, and adverse sway Of refluous battle, o'er some high-vic'd land.

1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) 640 So, from time's deeps emergent, and the flood Refluous, of life and death, my soul, in thine, O God!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	refluous
释义	† refluousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin refluus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin refluus flowing back ( < refluere to flow back: see refluent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier refluent adj., reflowing adj. Obsolete. Chiefly poetic. Refluent; recurring. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > back refluous1628 refluent1695 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > returning towards point of departure > flowing back refluous1628 refluent1699 1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 274 That Day shall rest Heauen's rolling spheares, Earth's refluous tumults. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. i. 62 Seeing the stream of Jordan..was not supplied with any reciprocall or refluous tide out of the Dead sea. 1708 E. Arwaker in Truth in Fiction iii. xiii. 210 The tender Mother, and her hopeful Child, Thus by their Native Element beguil'd, Labour'd, the refluous Water to regain. 1759 M. Flemyng Introd. Physiol. xvi. 222 The vena portarum receives the refluous blood from the stomach and small intestines. 1786 J. H. Frere in Microcosm 27 Nov. 48 Comets from their stream of blazing hair Shake the blue pestilence, and adverse sway Of refluous battle, o'er some high-vic'd land. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) 640 So, from time's deeps emergent, and the flood Refluous, of life and death, my soul, in thine, O God! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1628
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