halitus

[ hal-i-tuhs ]

noun

, plural hal·i·tus·es.

1. breath; exhalation; vapor.

Other Words From

• ha·lit·u·os·i·ty [h, uh, -lich-oo-, os, -i-tee], noun
• ha·lit·u·ous [h, uh, -, lich, -oo-, uh, s], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of halitus¹

1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to hāl ( āre ) to breathe, exhale + -itus suffix of v. action (probably by analogy with spīritus spirit )

Example Sentences

The air was full of the sickish-sweet halitus of some drug.

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Caesalpinus had his attention directed to the subject, and he speaks of a halitus or emanation from the male plants causing fertility in the female.

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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.

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