effluxion

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɛˈflʌk.ʃən/

Definition of effluxion

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of flowing out.
    “We all age through the effluxion of time.”
    “The effluxion of matter from a boil can be painful.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of flowing out.
    “We all age through the effluxion of time.”
    “The effluxion of matter from a boil can be painful.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)That which has flowed out.
    “the effluxion of a boil”

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Etymology

From efflux + -ion, from Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).

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