efflation

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nounefflation (usually uncountable, plural efflations)

archaicuncountableusuallyA blowing, breathing or puffing out.
a soft efflation of celestial fire
a. 1718, Thomas Parnell, David
Synonyms: exhalation

nounA blowing, breathing or puffing out.

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From Latin efflātiō (“exhalation”), from Latin efflō (“to exhale”), from ex- (“out, away”) + flō (“to blow”).

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