| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·flu·ent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f l - nt, -fl- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich. See synonyms at rich. 2. Plentiful; abundant. 3. Flowing freely; copious. | | NOUN: | 1. A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a tributary. 2. A person who is well-off financially: “the so-called emerging affluents” (Leslie Tweeton). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, abundant, flowing, from Old French, from Latin afflu ns, affluent-, present participle of affluere, to abound in : ad-, ad- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | afflu·ent·ly —ADVERB
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