Efflation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A blowing, breathing or puffing out. archaic, uncountable, usually

    "a soft efflation of celestial fire"

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exhalation

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"a soft efflation of celestial fire"

Etymology

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

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