Flu"ent (?), a. [L. fluens, -
entis, p. pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. &?; to boil over.
Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.] 1. Flowing
or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.
2. Ready in the use of words; voluble;
copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and
smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble;
smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech.
With most fluent utterance.
Denham.
Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the
sultan's letter.
De Quincey.
Flu"ent, n. 1. A
current of water; a stream. [Obs.]
2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A
variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; --
called, in the modern calculus, the function or
integral.
