exhalant

or ex·hal·ent

[ eks-hey-luhnt, ek-sey- ]

adjective

1. exhaling; emitting.

noun

1. something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks.

exhalant

/ ɛksˈheɪlənt; ɪɡˈzeɪ- /

adjective

1. emitting a vapour or liquid; exhaling

   an exhalant siphon

   exhalant duct

noun

1. an organ or vessel that emits a vapour or liquid

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhalant¹

1765–75; < Latin exhālant- (stem of exhālāns ), present participle of exhālāre to exhale; -ant

Example Sentences

"La femelle du tigre, exhalant l'odeur du carnage, fait retentir les solitudes de l'Afrique de ses miaulements affreux, et paraît remplie d'attraits à ses cruels amants."

From Project Gutenberg

Through haunted nights he had fought maddening memories of Io's shadowed eyes, of the exhalant, irresistible femininity of her, of the pulses of her heart against his on that wild and wonderful night in the flood; and he had won to an armed peace, in which the outposts of his spirit were ever on guard against the recurrent thoughts of her.

From Project Gutenberg

In the latter class there are vast differences, but uniformly intellect is prominent above sensibility; human faith and love are exhalant, aspirant, and rendered of a vapory subtilty by the interpenetration with them of the Olympian sunlight of thought and imagination.

From Project Gutenberg