Affluent

& s. [In Fr. affluent; Sp. aflu ente; Port. and Ital. affluente, fr. Lat. affiuens, pr. par. of affluo = to flow towards or to: ad = to, and fluo = to flow.] IMG:content-0240.png:[blocks in formation] (6) Abounding in intellectual, emotional, or other immaterial wealth. "And fish of every fin thy seas afford, Their affluent joys the grateful realms confe , And ble the Power that still delights to ble ," Pope : Homer's Ody ey , bk. xix., 134-6. II. As substantive: The tributary of a river. "Mi i ippi (ie., the great water), the most important river of North America, and, with the Mi ouri, its principal a fluent , the longest in the world.' -Keith John stone: Gazetteer. af-flû-ent-lý, adv. [AFFLUENT.] In an affluent manner; abundantly. af-flû-ent-ne , s. [AFFLUENT.] Affluency, abundance of wealth.