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effluvium
[ ih-floo-vee-uhm ]
noun
- a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
effluvium
/ ɛˈfluːvɪəm /
noun
- an unpleasant smell or exhalation, as of gaseous waste or decaying matter
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Derived Forms
- efˈfluvial, adjective
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Other Words From
- ef·fluvi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of effluvium1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of effluvium1
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Example Sentences
It is the moral effluvium out of which our modern civilization has constructed itself.
He shook a musty effluvium from his piebald clothes, overturned my inkstand, and went on with his insufferable nonsense.
His defensive armour is found in the fetid effluvium which, by a muscular exertion, he is capable of ejecting upon his pursuer.
The whole atmosphere of the islet, as well as a large circle around it, was impregnated with the fearful effluvium.
Its effluvium offended only one sense, affected only one set of sensation nerves.
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