Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLU'EN-CY, n. [L. fluens, from fluo, to flow.]

1. The quality of flowing, applied to speech or language; smoothness; freedom from harshness; as, fluency of numbers.
2. Readiness of utterance; facility of words; volubility; as, fluency of speech; a speaker of remarkable fluency.
3. Affluence; abundance. [Obs.] Sandys.