Meaning & use
circumfluent
Flowing or winding around something, typically used in literary description of water.
See it in a sentence
The poem describes a circumfluent stream winding gently around the old mill.
Circumfluent waters slowly wore away the rock over many centuries.
A note on using this word
"Circumfluent" is a rare, literary word almost never heard in everyday conversation.
Words with a similar meaning
surrounding
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