Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Flowing down; falling off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Flowing down; falling off.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Flowing down; falling off.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin defluus, from defluere to flow down; de- + fluere to flow.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word defluous.
Examples
-
In the first place, then, her most copious and long hairs, being gradually intorted, and promiscuously scattered on her divine neck, were softly defluous.
Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Margaret Fuller 1830
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.