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affluence

aff·luence

UK/ˈæf.lu.əns/ US/ˈæfluʌns/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • affluence of incohol

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