fluxive

English

Etymology

flux +‎ -ive

Adjective

fluxive (comparative more fluxive, superlative most fluxive)

(archaic) flowing; lacking solidity
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter:
  Their arguments are as fluxive as liquor spilt upon a table, which with your finger you may drain as you will.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint:
  These often bath'd she in her fluxiue eies

Synonyms

fluent; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny

References

“fluxive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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