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effluence

[ ef-loo-uhns ]

noun

  1. the action or process of flowing out; efflux.
  2. something that flows out; emanation.


effluence

/ ˈɛflʊəns; ˈɛflʌks /

noun

  1. the act or process of flowing out
  2. something that flows out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • super·efflu·ence noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of effluence1

1595–1605; < Latin efflu- outflow ( ef- ef- + flu- flow) + -ence
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Example Sentences

He was not made any the more content with himself by this effluence of revivified effort that impregnated the air around him.

The possession of much ready money emits a peculiar effluence in both directions—back to the past, forward into the future.

Eusapia spreads a black woollen shawl over her silk skirt and shows me the luminous effluence.

A libertine spirit was in the air, a madcap freedom, an effluence of disdainful sin.

The sempiternal effluence streams abroad Spreading, wherever charity extends.

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