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circumfluent
flowing around; surrounding
Looking around he saw no one, neither on the island nor in the circumfluent waters of the Pacific.
Related English word: circumfluous [1) flowing around; surrounding; 2) surrounded by water]
Latin root words: circumfluo, circumfluere, circumfluxi, circumfluxus - to flow around; circumfluus, circumflua, circumfluum - flowing around; circum (prep. w/ acc.) - around; fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxus - to flow
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