efflation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

efflation (usually uncountable, plural efflations)

1. (archaic) A blowing, breathing or puffing out.

   Synonym: exhalation

   • a. 1718, Thomas Parnell, David:

     a soft efflation of celestial fire

Related terms

• efflate

References

• “efflation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.