What does effluvium mean?
Definitions for effluvium
ɪˈflu vi əm; -vi əef·flu·vi·um
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Princeton's WordNet
effluviumnoun
a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
Wiktionary
effluviumnoun
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
effluviumnoun
A condition causing the shedding of hair.
Etymology: From effluvium, from effluo, from ex + fluo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Effluvia, Effluviumnoun
Those small particles which are continually flying off from bodies; the subtilty and fineness of which appears from their being able, a long time together, to produce very sensible effects, without any sensible diminution of the body from whence they arise. John Quincy
Etymology: from effluc, Latin.
If the earth were an electrick body, and the air but the effluvium thereof, we might perhaps believe that from attraction, and by effluxion, bodies tended to the earth. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii. c. 2.
Neither the earth’s diurnal revolution upon its axis, nor any magnetick effluvia of the earth, nor the air, or atmosphere which environs the earth, can produce gravity. John Woodward.
If these effluvia, which do upward tend,
Because less heavy than the air, ascend;
Why do they ever from their height retreat,
And why return to seek their central seat? Richard Blackmore, Creat.
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effluvium
Effluvium is an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge. In medicine, it can also refer to the shedding or loss of hair.
Webster Dictionary
Effluviumadjective
subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage
Etymology: [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Effluvium
ef-flōō′vi-um, n. minute particles that flow out from bodies: disagreeable vapours rising from decaying matter:—pl. Efflu′via.—adj. Efflu′vial. [Low L.,—L. effluĕre.]
Editors Contribution
effluvium
Effluvium (noun)a foul odor that cause to vomit.
Effluvium is a strong scent that describes as perfume used by a lady.
Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015
Entomology
Effluvium
a foul or unpleasant smell or emanation.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of effluvium in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of effluvium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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