halitus

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noun

A vapour.

Similar
exhalation
OriginLatin halitus →
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Meanings

nounhalitus (plural halituses or halitus)

plural halituses

  1. A vapour.

    She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun.

    1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter 1, in Have His Carcase

Synonyms & antonyms

nounexhaled breath

Similar
exhalation
Broader
breath
Also see
exhalation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinhalitus
  2. Englishhalitus

From Latin halitus.

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APA

halitus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halitus

MLA

“halitus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halitus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halitus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halitus.

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