What is another word for effluvium?
77 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɛflˈuːvi͡əm], [ ɛflˈuːviəm], [ ɛ_f_l_ˈuː_v_iə_m]Table of Contents
Similar words for effluvium:Definition for Effluvium:
- Effluvia; the minute and generally invisible particles which exhale from bodies, as the odour of plants; the noxious exhalations from putrefying animal or vegetable substances.
Synonyms for Effluvium:
n.
•drainage (noun) •effusion (noun) •emanation (noun) •fetor (noun) •fog (noun) •fumes (noun) •gas (noun) •outflow (noun) •outpouring (noun) •reek (noun) •substance (noun) •vapor (noun)Other synonyms:
•n.- dampness,
- discharge,
- drainage,
- effluence,
- effluent,
- efflux,
- emanation,
- emission,
- exhalation,
- exudate,
- fetor,
- fog,
- fumes,
- gas,
- mephitis,
- nature,
- odor,
- outflow,
- pea soup,
- reek,
- sewerage,
- soup,
- vapor,
- vapour,
- wordiness,
- Exudates,
- SMAZE,
- soups,
- drain water,
- waste water,
- effluences,
- effluents,
- ground clouds,
- gushings,
- out-flow,
- out-flows,
- visibility zero-zero,
- gushing outpouring.
Effluvium Sentence Examples:
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Still another rural element was not wanting, in the form of that far - diffused, infragrant effluvium, which, diluted by a good half mile of pure atmosphere, is no longer odious, nay is positively agreeable, to many who have long known it, though its source and centre has an unenviable reputation.
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Thus, in Gilbert's philosophy air was the earth's effluvium and was responsible for the unordered motion of objects towards the earth.