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A.Word.A.Day--profluent profluent (PROF-loo-ent) adjective Flowing smoothly; flowing in full stream. [From Middle English, from Latin profluent-, stem of profluens, present participle of profluere (to flow forth), from pro- (forth) + fluere (to flow). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhleu- (to swell or overflow), from which flow words such as affluent, influence, influenza, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, fluoride, flush, flux, reflux, and superfluous.] "Though (John) Abercrombie is advertised as a 'fusion' guitarist, his profluent style and extraordinary musicality were not diminished by the battery of electronic gadgetry." A. James Liska; Jazz Reviews: John Abercrombie; Los Angeles Times; Jun 2, 1986. "Baptizing in the profluent stream, the sign Of washing them from guilt of sin to life." John Milton; Paradise Lost: Book 12; 1665. This week's theme: miscellaneous words. X-Bonus The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; and, after an era of darkness, new races build others. -Clarence Day, writer, (1874-1935)

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