fluminous

fluminous
adjective /ˈfluːmɪnəs/
pertaining to a river or rivers; flowing, fluent

, 1989: ‘By God, you speak our British language, as we must now call it since the new naming of our kingdom, with a fine accent and fluminous smoothness,’ Dick Burbage said. — Anthony Burgess, The Devils Mode


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  • Fluminous — Flu mi*nous, a. [L. flumen, fluminis, river.] Pertaining to rivers; abounding in streama. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fluminous — † ˈfluminous, a. Obs. 0 [f. as prec.: see ous.] Full of rivers; of or pertaining to rivers. in Blount Glossogr. 1721–1800 in Bailey. Hence in mod. Dicts …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluminous —   a. pertaining to or having many rivers …   Dictionary of difficult words

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