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circumfluous

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cir⋅cum⋅flu⋅ous

  [ser-kuhm-floo-uhs]
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–adjective
1. circumfluent.
2. surrounded by water.
Origin:
1605–15; < L circumfluus, equiv. to circum- circum- + -fluus, deriv. of fluere to flow; see -ous
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cir·cum·flu·ent   (sər-kŭm'flōō-ənt)   
adj.  Flowing around or surrounding.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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