effluvium
a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
Origin of effluvium
1Other words from effluvium
- ef·flu·vi·al, adjective
Words Nearby effluvium
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How to use effluvium in a sentence
It is the moral effluvium out of which our modern civilization has constructed itself.
Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value | Arthur Glyn LeonardHe shook a musty effluvium from his piebald clothes, overturned my inkstand, and went on with his insufferable nonsense.
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryHis defensive armour is found in the fetid effluvium which, by a muscular exertion, he is capable of ejecting upon his pursuer.
The Desert Home | Mayne ReidThe whole atmosphere of the islet, as well as a large circle around it, was impregnated with the fearful effluvium.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne ReidIts effluvium offended only one sense, affected only one set of sensation nerves.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for effluvium
/ (ɛˈfluːvɪəm) /
an unpleasant smell or exhalation, as of gaseous waste or decaying matter
Origin of effluvium
1Derived forms of effluvium
- effluvial, adjective
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