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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fluhk-choo-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflʌk tʃu ənt



Definition of fluctuant

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin fluctuantem (nominative fluctuans), present participle of fluctuare "to move in waves" (see fluctuation).
  • As in incalculable : adj countless, limitless
  • As in insecure : adj dangerous, precarious
  • As in shaky : adj trembling
  • As in unsure : adj doubtful, insecure
  • As in weak : adj cowardly
  • As in wobbly : adj shaky
  • As in chancy : adj dangerous, risky
  • As in incomputable : adj incalculable
  • As in measureless : adj incalculable
  • As in tottering : adj insecure
  • As in tottery : adj insecure
  • As in uncountable : adj incalculable
  • As in dicey : adj risky
  • As in erratic : adj unpredictable; wandering
  • As in iffy : adj uncertain
Example sentences :
  • She seemed to be clothed in fluctuant light, and yet it could not dim one radiance of her beauty.
  • Extract from : « "Persons Unknown" » by Virginia Tracy
  • With fluctuant blackness against immutable blackness great sweeping pine trees swished weirdly into the horizon.
  • Extract from : « Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • Put forth thy wings, thy coronals of Love, wrap thee with fluctuant Winds and exulting Seas!
  • Extract from : « The Masque of the Elements » by Herman Scheffauer
  • And the fluctuant oceans plume on plume Bears down to a rock-ribbed hidden doom, And the sky is ashen gray.
  • Extract from : « Trench Ballads and Other Verses » by Erwin Clarkson Garrett
  • Brown is fluctuant; he once lay at a woman's house in Pemlicoe, Dublin.
  • Extract from : « Notes & Queries No. 29, Saturday, May 18, 1850 » by Various

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