efflation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blowing, breathing or puffing out.

Word forms

efflation efflations

Etymology

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

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