a. [f. as prec. + -IC. Cf. F. fluidique (sense 2).]
1. Of the nature of a fluid.
1883. Winchell, World-life, II. ii. § 6. 242. The more prolonged and older fluidic condition, accompanied by accelerative lagging of tide, impresses more important results on the life-history of satellites.
2. Spiritualism. Of or belonging to a supposed supersensible ‘double’ (of ‘fluid’ or ethereal consistence) possessed by every being.
1877. Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled, I. i. 12. The Astral Soul, or the inner, fluidic body.
1882. Mabel Collins, Cobwebs, II. 179. The fluidic atmosphere which passes from one human being to another is a more subtle medium to work in than any paint, even were it mixed by Perugino himself.
1887. H. S. Olcott, trans. A. D’Assier’s Posth. Humanity, iv. 103. Besides its exterior and organic form, the human body possesses an interior and fluidic form moulded after the former.
So Fluidiform a. [F. fluidiforme.]
1887. H. S. Olcott, trans. A. D’Assier’s Posth. Humanity, ii. 68. Thus is confirmed the existence of a plexus of fluidiform capillaries connecting the phantom with the body from which it emanates.
