superfluitant
English
Etymology
Latin super (“above”) + fluitans, present participle of fluitare, intensive from fluere (“to flow”).
Adjective
superfluitant (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Floating above or on the surface.
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Related terms
- superfluitance
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for superfluitant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)