scaturient, a.
(skəˈtjʊərɪənt)
[ad. L. scatūrient-em, pr. pple. of scatūrīre, f. scatēre to flow out.]
That flows out or gushes forth.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 221 The glandulous substance of the Paps is a little contracted, so that they do not so readily receive the milky humour, that way scaturient. 1805 Edin. Rev. VII. 214 He wielded..a pen so scaturient and unretentive, that..he himself must have been often astonished..at the extent of his lucubrations. 1831 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Newspapers 35 yrs. ago, We well remember..sallying forth..to trace the current of the New River..to its scaturient source. a 1876 M. Collins Pen Sketches (1879) I. 150 The drip and tinkle of its scaturient waters. |