effluviate

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verb

To give off effluvium (noxious smell)

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Meanings

verbeffluviate (third-person singular simple present effluviates, present participle effluviating, simple past and past participle effluviated)

present singular third person effluviates · participle present effluviating · participle past effluviated · past effluviated

  1. archaicintransitiveTo give off effluvium (noxious smell)

    an effluviating power

    1685, Robert Boyle, An Essay of the Great Effects of Even Languid and Unheeded Motion
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APA

effluviate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effluviate

MLA

“effluviate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effluviate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effluviate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effluviate.

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