effluvium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin effluvium "an outlet"

[edit] Noun

effluvium (plural effluvia or effluviums)

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

[edit] Translations

• Italian: effluvio it(it)