affluent


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
affluent/ˈafluənt/
adjective
  • 1 wealthy.
  • 2 archaic (of water) flowing freely or copiously.
noun archaic a tributary stream.
– derivatives
affluence noun,
affluently adverb.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. affluent-, affluere ‘flow towards, flow freely’.
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