affluence

noun
/ˈæf.lu.əns/

Etymology

From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia. Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigentia meant “poverty” or “lack” in Latin.

  1. derived from affluentia
  2. derived from affluence

Definitions

  1. An abundant flow or supply.

  2. An abundance of wealth.

    • His affluence was surpassed by no man.
  3. A moderate level of wealth.

    • They had achieved affluence, but aspired to true wealth.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An influx.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at affluence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01affluence02abundant03overflowing04overflow05superabundance06abundance

A definitional loop anchored at affluence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at affluence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA