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fluctuant

[ fluhk-choo-uh nt ]

/ ˈflʌk tʃu ənt /

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adjective

fluctuating; varying; unstable.

undulating; moving or seeming to move in waves.

Origin of fluctuant

1550–60; < Latin fluctuant- (stem of fluctuāns) (present participle of fluctuāre to undulate). See fluctuate, -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM fluctuant

un·fluc·tu·ant, adjective

Words nearby fluctuant

flq, flra, flu, flub, flubdub, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuation, flucytosine, fludrocortisone acetate, flue

Example sentences from the Web for fluctuant

Put forth thy wings, thy coronals of Love, wrap thee with fluctuant Winds and exulting Seas!

The Masque of the Elements |Herman Scheffauer
She seemed to be clothed in fluctuant light, and yet it could not dim one radiance of her beauty.

"Persons Unknown" |Virginia Tracy
Brown is fluctuant; he once lay at a woman's house in Pemlicoe, Dublin.

Notes & Queries No. 29, Saturday, May 18, 1850 |Various
With fluctuant blackness against immutable blackness great sweeping pine trees swished weirdly into the horizon.

Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs |Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

And the fluctuant oceans plume on plume Bears down to a rock-ribbed hidden doom, And the sky is ashen gray.

Trench Ballads and Other Verses |Erwin Clarkson Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for fluctuant

fluctuant

/ (ˈflʌktjʊənt) /

adjective

inclined to vary or fluctuate; unstable