effumability

English

Etymology

effume +‎ -ability

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌfjuːməˈbɪlɪti/

Noun

effumability (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:

     And some of them ascribe to Mercury, Colours; as all of them do effumability, as they speak

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “effumability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)