Effluvium

English

Etymology

From Latin effluvium (“‘an outlet’”), from effluō (“‘flow out or away’”), from ex (“‘out of, from’”) + fluō (“‘flow’”).

Noun

Singular Effluvium

Plural effluvia

Effluvium (effluvia)

1. a gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XV, page 188:

     She was now bending over a huge light wood blaze, with a pipe of rude structure and no small dimensions in her mouth, from which the occasional puff went forth, filling the apartment with the unpleasant effluvia of the vilest leaf-tobacco.

2. a condition causing the shedding of hair

Translations

• Italian: effluvio it(it)

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Latin

Etymology

From effluō (“‘flow out or away’”), from ex (“‘out of, from’”) + fluō (“‘flow’”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /efˈflu.wi.um/

Noun

effluvium (genitive effluviī); n, second declension

1. The act of flowing out; discharge of liquid, outlet, efflux.

Inflection

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Synonyms

• (act of flowing out): effluus

Related terms

• effluēscō
• effluō
• effluus

Descendants

Catalan: efluvi English: effluvium French: effluve

Italian: effluvio Portuguese: eflúvio Spanish: efluvio

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