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   Af·flu·ent

   /ˈaˌflo͞oənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy: "the affluent societies of the western world"
   • 2. (of water) flowing freely or in great quantity. archaic

   noun

   • 1. a tributary stream. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in affluent (sense 2 of the adjective)): via Old French from Latin affluent- ‘flowing towards, flowing freely’, from the verb affluere, from ad- ‘to’ + fluere ‘to flow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. affluently adverb

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