profluviumn.

Brit.

/prəʊˈfluːvɪəm/, U.S.

/proʊˈfluviəm/

Inflections: Plural profluvia, profluviums.

Forms:

α. 1600s profluvion.

β. 1600s– profluvium.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French profluvion; Latin prōfluvium.

Etymology: < Middle French profluvion (a1592) and its etymon classical Latin prōfluvium copious flow or discharge < prōfluere to flow forth (see profluent adj.) + -ium, neuter of -ius, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Italian profluvio (1494).With the form profluvion compare classical Latin -luviōn- , -luviō combining form (in e.g. colluviō (see colluvies n.), dīluviō diluvion n.) beside -luvium.

Now rare.

A copious flow or discharge, esp. of bodily fluids. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > [noun]

flux1382

superfluitya1398

outwaxing?1541

excrement1565

recrement1578

profluvium1603

redeliverage1612

evacuation1625

excretion1630

staxis1745

egesta1787

rejectments1818

rejectamenta1834

rejection1838

excreta1857

excretes1883

output1883

ejecta1890

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun]

runningOE

rheuma1398

flux1447

fluxion?1541

defluxion1578

profluvium1603

redeliverage1612

secession1657

flix1667

eluvies1710

rhinorrhoea1846

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous > instance of

streamc900

wellOE

outstreaminga1398

flood1589

profluvium1603

shower1656

gush1704

outgushing1823

outgush1835

outwelling1852

out-flood1859

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 649 An easie profluvion [Fr. profluuion] or aboundant running of gravell.

1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2075 The bloud..swels and opens the vessels, and breaks out into a Profluvium.

1727 R. Blackmore Diss. Dropsy 217 The Emission or Profluvium of Urine, though immoderate, is however in a lower Degree.

1760 Battle of Reviews 6 Not only the Earth and Water send forth Profluviums.

1808 S. T. Coleridge Let. 8 Jan. (1956) II. 911 The same deadly sweats—the same frightful Profluvium of burning Dregs, like melted Lead—with quantities of bloody mucus from the Coats of the Intestines.

1835 S. Smith in S. Holland Mem. Rev. Sydney Smith (1855) II. 361 I melt away in nasal and lachrymal profluvia.

1864 E. Sargent Peculiar II. 108 Decorated around the bust with a profluvium of black lace.

1963 B. Lawn Salernitan Questions iii. 45 (note) He discusses the evil effects of the menstrual profluvia in women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	profluvium
释义	profluviumn. Brit. /prəʊˈfluːvɪəm/, U.S. /proʊˈfluviəm/ Inflections: Plural profluvia, profluviums. Forms: α. 1600s profluvion. β. 1600s– profluvium. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French profluvion; Latin prōfluvium. Etymology: < Middle French profluvion (a1592) and its etymon classical Latin prōfluvium copious flow or discharge < prōfluere to flow forth (see profluent adj.) + -ium, neuter of -ius, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Italian profluvio (1494).With the form profluvion compare classical Latin -luviōn- , -luviō combining form (in e.g. colluviō (see colluvies n.), dīluviō diluvion n.) beside -luvium. Now rare. A copious flow or discharge, esp. of bodily fluids. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > [noun] flux1382 superfluitya1398 outwaxing?1541 excrement1565 recrement1578 profluvium1603 redeliverage1612 evacuation1625 excretion1630 staxis1745 egesta1787 rejectments1818 rejectamenta1834 rejection1838 excreta1857 excretes1883 output1883 ejecta1890 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] runningOE rheuma1398 flux1447 fluxion?1541 defluxion1578 profluvium1603 redeliverage1612 secession1657 flix1667 eluvies1710 rhinorrhoea1846 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous > instance of streamc900 wellOE outstreaminga1398 flood1589 profluvium1603 shower1656 gush1704 outgushing1823 outgush1835 outwelling1852 out-flood1859 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 649 An easie profluvion [Fr. profluuion] or aboundant running of gravell. 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2075 The bloud..swels and opens the vessels, and breaks out into a Profluvium. 1727 R. Blackmore Diss. Dropsy 217 The Emission or Profluvium of Urine, though immoderate, is however in a lower Degree. 1760 Battle of Reviews 6 Not only the Earth and Water send forth Profluviums. 1808 S. T. Coleridge Let. 8 Jan. (1956) II. 911 The same deadly sweats—the same frightful Profluvium of burning Dregs, like melted Lead—with quantities of bloody mucus from the Coats of the Intestines. 1835 S. Smith in S. Holland Mem. Rev. Sydney Smith (1855) II. 361 I melt away in nasal and lachrymal profluvia. 1864 E. Sargent Peculiar II. 108 Decorated around the bust with a profluvium of black lace. 1963 B. Lawn Salernitan Questions iii. 45 (note) He discusses the evil effects of the menstrual profluvia in women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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