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单词 sufflation
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sufflationn.

Etymology: < Latin sufflātio, -ōnem, noun of action < sufflāre (see sufflate v.).
Obsolete.
The action of blowing (up); inflation (literal and figurative); distension with wind; inspiration (by the ‘breath’ of the Holy Ghost); expiration.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > inflation with air or gas
upblowing1527
huffing1582
sufflation1599
inflation1601
inflating1896
the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > producing blast or current of air > blowing (up, into, or on)
inspiration1513
sufflation1599
insufflation1823
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 121/2 When anye mans Bellye with sufflationes is straygned.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xi. §2. 102 As the wandring Starres in their motions, yea as the Windes in their sufflations.
1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 65 There is no other Canker to Nobility and Gentry but sufflation.
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 396 If any of them act above the sphear of vulgarity, 'tis by the sufflation of a miracle.
1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 Feb. (1778) It seems fully proved, that salt and water will cure a sufflation.
1797 A. Geddes tr. Bible II. Pref. p. v The admission..of a perpetual and unerring sufflation..destroys their [viz. the Scriptures] credibility throughout.
1800 T. Green Diary Lover of Lit. (1810) 233 Discanting largely on the consequences of such a sufflation [viz. the explosion of gunpowder by the contending armies on the continent].
1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow Introd. p. xxiv With strange sufflations he exorcized me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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