effluence

[ ef-loo-uhns ]

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noun

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

Origin of effluence

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

Other words from effluence

su·per·ef·flu·ence, noun

Words that may be confused with effluence

affluence, effluence , influence

Words Nearby effluence

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How to use effluence in a sentence

He was not made any the more content with himself by this effluence of revivified effort that impregnated the air around him.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
The possession of much ready money emits a peculiar effluence in both directions—back to the past, forward into the future.
The Regent | E. Arnold Bennett
Eusapia spreads a black woollen shawl over her silk skirt and shows me the luminous effluence.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
A libertine spirit was in the air, a madcap freedom, an effluence of disdainful sin.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
The sempiternal effluence streams abroad Spreading, wherever charity extends.
The Vision of Purgatory, Complete | Dante Alighieri

British Dictionary definitions for effluence

effluence

efflux (ˈɛflʌks)

/ (ˈɛflʊəns) /

noun

the act or process of flowing out
something that flows out

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