avolation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āvolātiō (“flying away”), or formed directly from avolate +‎ -ation.

Noun

avolation (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXII:

     Now, this to me, seems not likely to proceed from any other cause than the avolation of the juice through the skin […].

Anagrams

• ovational, to no avail