Wafture

//ˈwɑf.t͡ʃɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "lower roofs, from which, as from hanging gardens, floated waftures sweet as the perfumed airs of the Indian isles"

  2. 2
    the act of signaling by a movement of the hand wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of wafting something. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "[…] you answer’d not, / But, with an angry wafture of your hand, / Gave sign for me to leave you:"

Synonyms

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wavegustpuffwavewaving

Example

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"lower roofs, from which, as from hanging gardens, floated waftures sweet as the perfumed airs of the Indian isles"

Etymology

From waft + -ure.

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