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effluvium
e-FLOO-vee-uhm
noun
a terrible smell; a bad influence; a noxious vapor
1967J. G. BallardThe Cloud-Sculptors of Coral DShe glanced at the dark cloud boiling over the mesa like the effluvium of some black-hearted volcano.1989Martin CaidinPrison ShipYtram had little experience with alien life forms and the strange, pungent, and often wildly sharp odors, smells, gases, and effluvium their bodies cast off with alarming pressure and quantity.1994David GutersonSnow Falling On CedarsThe gutters filled with rust-colored pine needles and the pungent effluvium of alder leaves…

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