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effluence

[ ef-loo-uhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

effluence

/ ˈɛflʌks; ˈɛflʊəns /

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

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.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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