efflate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin efflatus, past participle of efflare (“to blow or breathe out”), from ex + flare (“to blow”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
efflate (third-person singular simple present efflates, present participle efflating, simple past and past participle efflated)
- To fill with breath; to puff up.
- 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:
- our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath
References edit
“efflate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Verb edit
efflāte