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affusion

affusion noun: the pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.

Noun

affusion (countable and uncountable, plural affusions)

  1. The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
  2. A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.

affusion meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

affusion in Tamil

காய்ச்சல் கழுவல், காய்ச்சல் குறைப்புக்குளியல், நீர்ப்பீச்சல், நீர் சொரிதல்

affusion in Bengali

জল ঢালার কাজ

affusion in Indonesian

a method of Christian baptism
baptis tuang

Forms of affusion

pluralaffusions

Origin of affusion

From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Questions about affusion

What does affusion mean?
Affusion means the pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
What is affusion in Tamil?
Affusion in Tamil is காய்ச்சல் கழுவல், காய்ச்சல் குறைப்புக்குளியல், நீர்ப்பீச்சல். See Affusion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is affusion?
Affusion is a noun.
What is the plural of affusion?
The plural of affusion is affusions.

Words near affusion in the dictionary

  1. affulgent
  2. affuse
  3. affused
  4. affuses
  5. affusing
  6. affusion
  7. affusions
  8. affy
  9. affyde
  10. affygraphy
  11. affying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affusion (page history and authors); affusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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