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Emanation
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- My subsequent sonic emanation of joyous surprise nearly sent us into the guardrail.
- The astonishing stranger is green from head to foot, a kind of emanation from nature.
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Word Origin & History
emanation
1570, from L.L. emanationem (nom. emanatio), from L. emanare "flow out, arise, proceed," from ex- "out" + manare "to flow."
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emanation em·a·na·tion (ěm'ə-nā'shən)
n.
Something that issues from a source; an emission.
Any of several radioactive gases that are isotopes of radon and are products of radioactive decay.
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