effluviumn.
/ɛˈfluːvɪəm/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous
gushingc1380
streaming1398
manation?a1425
pouring?a1425
outflowinga1586
effluence1628
effluxion1638
effluvium1651
efflux1651
outflow1785
beteeming1871
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 156 The effluvium of bloud.
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. Bv [The bishops]..cannot transmit it [sc. wit] by breathing, touching, or any natural Effluvium.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub viii. 153 Owing to certain subterraneous Effluviums of Wind.
2. Chiefly applied to the (real or supposed) outflow of material particles too subtle to be perceived by touch or sight; concrete a stream of such outflowing particles.† a. gen. (obsolete).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of intangible things or particles from an object
through-breathing1585
aporrhœa1646
effluvium1651
transpiration1652
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 114 A continual steame of most subtle effluviums.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 89 A spirituous, yet corporeal effluvium..flowing from it.
1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 74 Epicurus..thinks to solve 'em, by his Effluvia, and Aerial Looking-Glasses.
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 225 Quick Effluvia darting thro' his brain.
b. A stream of minute particles, formerly supposed to be emitted by a magnet, electrified body, or other attracting or repelling agent, and to be the means by which it produces its effects. Chiefly plural. (Now historical; but it probably survived the theory which it strictly implies.) Also figurative.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > phenomena of attraction > substance supposedly emitted
effluvium1646
ray1654
fluid1751
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of intangible things or particles from an object > that which > emitted by attracting or repelling agent
effluvium1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 86 So will a Diamond or Saphire emit an effluvium sufficient to move the needle or a straw without diminution of weight. View more context for this quotation
1658 J. Robinson Endoxa ii. 121 The Load-stone doth..so freely send forth its effluviums.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xvii. 120 The Effluvia of the Load-stone.
1701 T. Beverley Praise of Glory 23 He as the Sovereign Magnet..Attracts every Living Stone by the Effluviums, the Flowings out of Life into, and upon, it.
1788 W. Cowper Let. 9 Aug. (1982) III. 197 Mr. Rose, a valuable young man..attracted by the effluvia of my genius.
1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 152 A plane or circle held east and west..divides the north from the south magnetic effluvia.
1863 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe (1865) xix. 449 The doctrine..that magnetism is an effluvium issuing forth from the root of the tail of the Little Bear.
c. An ‘exhalation’ affecting the sense of smell, or producing effects by being received into the lungs. In modern popular use chiefly: a noxious or disgusting exhalation or odour.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun]
smacka1000
breathOE
smella1175
irea1300
weffea1300
thefa1325
relesec1330
odour?c1335
incensea1340
flair1340
savoura1350
smellingc1386
flavourc1400
fumec1400
reflairc1400
air?a1439
scent?1473
taste?c1475
verdure1520
senteur1601
waft1611
effluvium1656
fluor1671
burning scent1681
aura1732
fumet1735
snuff1763
olfacient1822
odouret1825
waff1827
gush1841
sniff1844
tang1858
nose1894
the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas
reekeOE
air?c1225
damp1480
mephitis1625
smoke1648
effluvium1656
fume1665
miasma1665
mephitic1802
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxix. 373 They that say there goes something out of the Odorous Body, call it an Effluvium.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. 244 Infectious Diseases..conveyed by insensible Effluvia.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 538. ¶3 The miraculous Powers which the Effluviums of Cheese have.
1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 132 The effluvium proceeding from the colours..is extremely injurious to..health.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) iii. 49 At the distance of half a mile..I have perceived the whole air tainted with the effluvium.
1867 J. Martineau Ess. II. 260 [They] know nothing of the effluvia of the orange.
3. nonstandard. The plural effluvia has often been taken as a singular (in senses 2a – 2c), with a new plural effluvias or effluviæ.
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1652 J. French York-shire Spaw xvii. 120 Subtile insensible spirits, or rather atomes and effluvia's.
1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 24 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) Tell me how these corporeal effluvias..enter the eye.
1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening ii. 31 The vessels..[afford] juices of a different flavour and effluvia in the bark, wood, leaves, flowers and seed.
1806 T. Thomas To W. Hanbury 14 The fam'd Perfumes of Summer..Men to Rapture with Effluvias move.
a1809 T. Paine Yellow Fever in Polit. & Misc. Wks. (1819) II. 180 An impure effluvia, arising from..the ground.
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 64 The putrid effluviæ in prisons.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 85 A strong effluvia of the stable.
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