effluxion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From efflux + -ion, from Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Noun[edit]
effluxion (countable and uncountable, plural effluxions)
- The process of flowing out.
- We all age through the effluxion of time.
- The effluxion of matter from a boil can be painful.
- That which has flowed out.
- the effluxion of a boil