exsufflation

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/ˌɛksəˈfleɪʃən/

noun

A blast from beneath.

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Meanings

nounexsufflation (plural exsufflations)

plural exsufflations

  1. obsoleteA blast from beneath.

    The next is when it will fly upwards over the helm by a kind of exsufflation without vapouring

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
  2. obsoleteA kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.

    the Ceremony of Exsufflation, for ejecting of the Devil

    1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium
  3. obsoletebiologyA strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Origin

Compare Latin exsufflātiō, from exsufflō.

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APA

exsufflation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsufflation

MLA

“exsufflation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsufflation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exsufflation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsufflation.

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