Word: 'fluent' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'fluent' • Extended Annotations
16th century, "flowing freely" (of water) and of speakers, "able and nimble in the use of words"
from Medieval Latin fluentus "flowing, fluent"
from Latin fluentum, fluenti "(water of) lake, current/draft of air, flood, flow, stream/river"
A pure, unadulterated word
“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me for I, too, am fluent in silence.”
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
