effluvia
pronunciation
How to pronounce effluvia in British English:
UK [ɪ'flu:vjə]
How to pronounce effluvia in American English:
US [ɪ'fluvjə]
Word Origin
- effluvia (n.)
- Latin plural of effluvium. Sometimes mistaken for a singular and re-pluralized.
Example
- 1. Time is eternal , but methods of tracking it are not - and so a johns hopkins university astronomer wants to replace the gregorian calendar , with its leap years and floating dates and 15th-century effluvia , with a sleek and standardized system for the world .