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perfluo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From per- +‎ fluō (flow).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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perfluō (present infinitive perfluere, perfect active perflūxī, supine perflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. (transitive) to flow or run through something
  2. (intransitive) to flow or run through
  3. (intransitive) to drip with something
  4. (intransitive, of garments) to flow, stream or float
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) to cannot keep a secret; to leak

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • perfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.