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effumability

/ɪˌfjuːməˈbɪlɪti/

effumability noun: evaporability.

Noun

effumability (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) evaporability
    • And some of them ascribe to Mercury, Colours; as all of them do effumability, as they speak1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC

Origin of effumability

From effume + -ability.

Questions about effumability

What does effumability mean?
Effumability means evaporability.
What part of speech is effumability?
Effumability is a noun.
How do you pronounce effumability?
Effumability is pronounced /ɪˌfjuːməˈbɪlɪti/.

Words near effumability in the dictionary

  1. effulgency
  2. effulgent
  3. effulgently
  4. effulges
  5. effulging
  6. effumability
  7. effumation
  8. effumations
  9. effume
  10. effumed
  11. effumes

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