† effluviableadj.
Etymology: < effluvium n. + -able suffix.
Obsolete.
rare.
1675 R. Boyle Exper. Mech. Origin Electr. 38 in A great degree of heat..[in a diamond being ground] may force it to spend its effluviable matter.
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