fluxive

English

Etymology

flux +‎ -ive

Adjective

fluxive (comparative more fluxive, superlative most fluxive)

1. (archaic) flowing; lacking solidity
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter:

     Their arguments are as fluxive as liquor spilt upon a table, which with your finger you may drain as you will.

   • 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint:

     These often bath'd she in her fluxiue eies

Synonyms

• fluent; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny

References

• “fluxive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.