affluence

Meaning

Noun

  • An abundant flow or supply.
  • An abundance of wealth.
  • A moderate level of wealth.
  • An influx.

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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 indigent meant “poor” in Latin.

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