effleuragen.
/ɛflᵿˈrɑːʒ/ Massage.
A centripetal stroking movement made with the flat or the heel of the hand.
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1886 W. Murrell Massage iii. 10 Effleurage..is a stroking movement made with the palm of the hand passing with various degrees of force over the surface centripetally.
1890 A. Kellgren Ling's Syst. Man. Treatm. 9 The effleurage may be very superficial or deep.
1961 I. Fleming Thunderball iv. 36 Two hands, clad in..fur, were rhythmically passing..up and down the whole length of his body... Presently he said sleepily, ‘Is that what they call effleurage?’
Derivatives
effleurage v. (intransitive) to massage a part or a limb with this movement.
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1893 A. C. Hale Massage 133 Separate the fingers and effleurage throughly over and round the malleoli.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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