Crossword clues for affluence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Affluence \Af"flu*ence\, n. [F. affluence, L. affluentia, fr. affluens, p. pr. of affluere to flow to; ad + fluere to flow. See Flux.]
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A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
The affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain.
--Wotton.There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year.
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An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.
And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease.
--Coldsmith.Syn: Abundance; riches; profusion; exuberance; plenty; wealth; opulence.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "a plentiful flowing, an abundance," from Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia "a flowing to," figuratively "affluence, abundance," noun of state from affluentem (nominative affluens) "flowing toward, abounding, rich, copious" (see affluent). Sense of "wealth" attested from c.1600, from notion of "a plentiful flow" (of the gifts of fortune).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) An abundant flow or supply. 2 An abundance of wealth. 3 A moderate level of wealth. 4 An influx.
WordNet
n. abundant wealth [syn: richness]
Usage examples of "affluence".
If I had elsewhere witnessed the painful contrast between affluence and want, here I had found the true union of riches and poverty.
It had been established sixty years before, during the Affluence, and was the antithesis of that florid civilization.
Tourism had taken over during the Affluence, but the Chaos had revived the classical way of life.
The fading years of the Affluence was the decade when civilized men sought uncivilized women using barbarian methods.
Nobody had realized that the male drive to reproduce was still so fierce among the men of the Affluence, educated in the philosophy of Presentism.
With the aura of affluence I now must look as desirable to him as I had then when he had thought of my fortune as well as my person.
Had he allowed that ominous prediction to remain unchallenged, Roger knew he would never have been allowed a glimpse into a world unlike any he had ever known, one that had long been solidified by great affluence and grandly imposing estates nestled in the rolling countryside northeast of Bath.
Initially Roger had been tempted by the idea of such affluence, but after making the acquaintance of the most undesirable Miss Grimbald, he had decided marrying her would be too great a sacrifice for him to endure beyond the measure of an hour.
Tens of millions found themselves longing for material affluence of the sort their American overlords so conspicuously enjoyed.
The scene in Tokyo Bay, coming in the wake of the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offered a stunning lesson in the kind of material strength and affluence that might be attained under American-style democracy.
Was all his arrogance and affluence only an outward sign of an inner affliction?
Decimus, a selfmade man who had built his wealth, strove now to right what his own affluence had wrought upon his children.
You obviously are aware of our affluence, and your approach is not new to us.
Any show of undue affluence would be bound to estrange at least one part of the community.
The slums had appeared houses of moderate affluence and very quaint, some even beautiful.