fluidum
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfluɪdum]
- Hyphenation: flui‧dum
Noun
fluidum n
Declension
Latin
Adjective
fluidum
- inflection of fluidus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Norwegian Bokmål
Swedish
Noun
fluidum n
- (archaic) a liquid; (sometimes) a gas; something with fluid properties (either literally or figuratively)
- Synonym: flytande (“fluid”)
- 1840, Magnus Jacob Crusenstolpe, Morianen. Andra delen, page 52:
- [...] och då denne går förbi, sväfvar på allas läppar ett inställsamt småleende, alla ryggar krökas, alla händer utsträckas för att upphemta det magnetiska fluidum, som den höga handens vidrörande qvarlemnat.
- and as they passes, an obsequious smile floats on everyone's lips, all backs are bent, all hands are extended to pick up the magnetic fluid that the touch of the high hand has left.
- 1842, Nils Arfwidsson, “Tyskland”, in Nord och söder. Strödda anteckningar under resor 1835–1839, page 57:
- Visserligen finnes det här en annan flod, som gifvit Kejsarstaden och en af dess förstäder sitt namn, men denna "flod", såsom de hederliga Wienarne högmodigt kalla den, — är ännu långt smalare och fattigare på fluidum än Donau-Canalen.
- It is true that there is another river here, which gave its name to the Imperial City and one of its suburbs, but this "river", as the honest Viennese haughty call it, is still far narrower and poorer in fluid than the Donau-Canal.
- (archaic, jokingly) an alcoholic beverage
Adjective
fluidum (comparative fluidumare, superlative fluidumast)
References
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