effluence

[ ef-loo-uhns ]

noun

1. the action or process of flowing out; efflux.
2. something that flows out; emanation.

effluence

/ ˈɛflʊəns; ˈɛflʌks /

noun

1. the act or process of flowing out
2. something that flows out

Other Words From

• super·efflu·ence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of effluence¹

1595–1605; < Latin efflu- outflow ( ef- ef- + flu- flow) + -ence

Example Sentences

He was not made any the more content with himself by this effluence of revivified effort that impregnated the air around him.

From Project Gutenberg

The possession of much ready money emits a peculiar effluence in both directions—back to the past, forward into the future.

From Project Gutenberg

Eusapia spreads a black woollen shawl over her silk skirt and shows me the luminous effluence.

From Project Gutenberg

A libertine spirit was in the air, a madcap freedom, an effluence of disdainful sin.

From Project Gutenberg

The sempiternal effluence streams abroad Spreading, wherever charity extends.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• deluge
• flood
• outburst
• spurt
• torrent