effluvium
- n a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
- It is an effluvium created by economic, political, historical conditions.
- But Captain General Primo Rivera, "Spain's Mussolini," last week insisted that the inescapable effluvium savors not of crises but of peace, joy, contentment.
- The Brownies wear uniforms that remind most of bad taste or effluvium, they've repeatedly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and have never been to a Super Bowl.