Effluvium (noun)
ef-loo-vee-um
a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
1640–50; Latin, equivalent to ef-ef- + fluv-, base of fluere to flow (see effluent) + -ium-ium
Example sentences
“The effluvium from his breath was unbearable.”
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